Shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Operation Kindertransport was carried out, which managed to transport thousands of Jewish children living in Europe to England. The terrible event that prompted the deployment of the project was "Kristallnacht" - a Jewish pogrom on November 9-10, 1938. After the pogrom, at the request of the Jewish leaders of Britain, young Jews were allowed to enter this country without being accompanied by relatives.
In Germany itself, at the same time, a network of volunteers was being built to identify children who were most in danger. They made lists of names, then notified their parents about the trip, after which the children had only to pack a small suitcase and go. Refugees from Germany and Austria were the first to arrive in England, then they began to be sent from the Czech Republic, Poland and the city-state of Danzig. In total, about 10,000 children were displaced. In the summer of 1939, the sending of settlers was suspended due to lack of funding, but until 1941 there were still irregular successful attempts at transportation. Many project participants ended up on the
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For children, the mansions were equipped in hostels and schools, where they studied Jewish culture, but communicated in a mixture of languages of those countries where the refugees came from. Older settlers were attracted to simple work in order to provide all possible assistance to the front. Many found a second home here, were adopted by English families. All records of these children are still kept in the archives of World Jewish Aid - family members of the Kindertransport program can request documents from the organization.
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