The Holocaust was a tragic and discriminatory event. It was a time when most of the Jewish population of France, the Netherlands, and Greece, as well as hundreds of thousands of the citizens of Poland were killed. The gas chambers took the lives of 437,000 people of the Jewish faith in a matter of weeks. At least 6 million people that practiced the Jewish faith were killed during this horrible time. The reason many Nazis targeted children was because they thought that the survival of the children
the lives of the survivors. As terrible an event that this was, thankfully some were saved. Many youth escaped the destructiveness of war through the great Kindertransport. The Kindertransport was the name given to the transporting of children from soon to be war infested locations to safe places where they would be taken care of. (Kindertransport, 1938-1940) It started in about 1938 when people began organizing escapes for the women and the elderly, but no one made any efforts
Saving over 10,000 children, kindertransport was one of the biggest organizations to save children during WWII. During the war Nazi staged a violent pogrom against Jews in Germany this was known as the Kristallnacht. For certain categories of Jewish refugees, the British government abated the immigration conditions. British agreed to allow children aged seventeen and under to transport out of Germany and go to safety. Young children were especially targeted by the Nazis to be killed during the Holocaust
The sound of the train’s wheels chugging across the tracks had long become monotonous. Looking out the window I saw trees quickly passing by; I only had a small sealed suitcase with a few marks in money and a photograph. In the picture was the last family portrait my family took before I had to leave Poland. There were about 200 other children on the train headed to England. We all left our beloved home country to escape the danger that might lie ahead. My parents told me that it would only be until
bringing them to foster families and other safe places in Great Britain to start a new life. Although there were many specifications, including an age limit of seventeen, no parents or guardians allowed, and an extremely long waiting list, The Kindertransport was a key part in preserving many children’s lives. Most of the trains left from cities in Germany such as Berlin, Vienna, and Prague. These transports helped children escape their homes that had been taken over by Nazis. Few trains left from
protect them. This was a very traumatic, horrifying thing for Jewish children to endure and for some, the outcome was not what they had hoped. Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport, directed by Mark Harris, is a documentary that features the stories of twelve survivors of the Kindertransport in England. In the film, they are now adults and they vividly tell their childhood stories with emotion and honesty about what they were feeling at the time. They begin by talking about how
Microsystem In the level of the microsystem, a child will experience immediate interaction with other people. In the beginning, the system is the child’s home, but as the ages it begins to involve more people. For Kurt Fuchel, his microsystem began when he was a child living in Vienna Austria. Fuchel’s birth parents represents his primary microsystem, they had a direct impact of Kurt’s life. “My parents were sort of middle - class people, and my father was a middle-level bank manager and my mother
I am going to discuss is 'Kindertransport' and my own piece 'The adoption' Danielle Grennan May2003 Performance Evaluation =============================================== The work I am going to discuss is 'Kindertransport' and my own piece 'The adoption'. I saw 'Kindertransport' in October 2002 at the Redbridge Drama Centre; my own piece was devised and performed in May 2003 also at the Redbridge Drama Centre. Both pieces have very similar themes about mother and daughter relationships
According to the Holocaust Memorial Day Trust, approximately 10,000 children were moved and saved from their homes on the kindertransport during World War II. Lisa, our protagonist, is one of them. The Children of Willesden Lane is about a young girl, Lisa, who is sent off by her family in Austria on the kindertransport to England in hopes she can escape the Nazis. She navigates a life filled with new beginnings, tragedy, and hope. This book greatly exhibits the theme that family is not just who
Introduction- Background Paragraph The word holocaust is defined as the destruction or slaughter in mass scales. The holocaust was a tragic event that occurred from 1933-1945 that took the lives of 6,000,000 - 11,000,000 Jewish people. Not many people survived the brutal treatment they received, those who did, shared their experiences through storytelling. Books such as “The Diary of a Young Girl” is a diary that a young girl, Anne Frank, kept while her family was in hiding and trying to survive
he studies, speak of his connection with disaster and trauma that point towards the history of the Holocaust, a history which he refuses to acknowledge, but which is undeniably his. Austerlitz, before learning of his history and journey on the kindertransport, studies a certain time period and avoids all knowledge of both the history and landscape of Germany, seeking to repress his suspicions about his history. However, he can no longer continue to deny the truth of his past, “I realized…how little