Kinder Transport During The Holocaust

Kinder transport The killing of children was supported was by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Children were helpless and could not always fight for their survival. With this 1.5 million children were killed by the Germans. Countries wanted to help these children, Jewish and non- Jewish, for their fate. These children’s fate was categorized in many ways. Some of these ways were; as they arrived in killing centers, after birth, those who survived because prisoners hid them, kids over twelve who were used as test subjects in medical experiments. In 1938 Kinder transport involved Jewish children from Nazi Germany being brought to Great Britain so that they did not face the terror of being killed by the Germans. During the Holocaust children were vulnerable to death by the Nazis. Children were killed as they arrived in the camps. If they were twelve or older they were used as laborers and as test subjects. The Nazis killed children if they were dangerous or of an unwelcome group of people. The Germans killed children in revenge or if they disliked the group of people they were associated with. Children were forced to live in Ghettos with large amount of
This transport brought two- hundred children from an orphanage in Berlin. The Jewish Community Organization favored children whose situation was urgent. They also favored orphans and homeless children. Those chosen then traveled by train to Belgium and the Netherlands, which from there they sailed to Harwich. On May 14, 1940 the last transport from the Netherlands was brought, which is also the same day the Dutch surrendered to Germany. After the transports arrived in Harwich, children with people who are sponsoring them went to meet there new families. Those without sponsors went to a summer camp in Dovercourt Bay until more permeant housing was figured out. In addition, children who were still alive wrote journals about their