Kindertransport: Remembering & Rethinking
A documentary series using firsthand testimony to uncover the story of the Kindertransport - the rescue of 10,000 Jewish children from Germany and Austria in 1938-39.
Kindertransport: Remembering & Rethinking
Episode 6: Against the Backdrop of War
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The Association of Jewish Refugees
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Season 1
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Episode 6
With the onset of war in September 1939, the transport of child refugees to Britain stops, stranding untold numbers of children in Europe and cutting off those children who had already arrived in Britain from their families. Ursula Gilbert recalls her experience bouncing around between homes, hostels and job training opportunities. Other refugees describe being sent to work on farms and as domestic servants.