The Kindertransport: 1938-1940, 1938 And 1940

Between 1938 and 1940, the Kindertransport was one of the biggest inventions in Germany. During this time, Germany was under invasion by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Children and their families were trying to find the fastest and safest ways to get out of Germany and away from the danger of the Nazis. The Kindertransport was founded and put together by the British Government to bring Jewish children out of Nazi Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. Jewish organizations inside the Greater German Reich helped plan the transports. The British Government’s point was to get as many children out of these countries before the war came, which looked almost inevitable (Truman). Bertha Leverton, a British woman who was a young child during this time
Children who were homeless and children whose families had been taken into concentration camps were favored and were prioritized for a ride on the Kindertransport. The children who were chosen to be on the Kindertransport would ride the trains to different ports in the Netherlands and Belgium, and then they would be put onto a boat to sell into Harwich. Some children, such as those who were from Czechoslovakia would be flown directly into Britain
Children who came on the transport and had no sponsor would be sent to a camp in Dovercourt Bay or put into homes until a family would agree to take them in, or until a hostel would be formed to take in a large group of children. Half of the children who came by the Kindertransport’s lived with a foster family and the other half lived in hostels, on farms, or in schools throughout Great Britain. In a whole, the Kindertransport saved almost 10,000 kids from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. Many children, after the war, became citizens of Great Britain and would never see their parents again, which were mostly murdered in concentration camps (Kindertransport). During the time period of 1938 to 1940, Germany was being taken over by Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. Thousands and thousands of children and families were begging to find a way out. With the Kindertransport being put into place, it gave the thousands of children a way out, although no way out for the adults and parents. Without the kindertransport being out into place, the 10,000 kids who were saved would have been stuck in Nazi Germany being tortured and put into concentration camps along with their parents. The Kindertransport was more than a blessing during World War II for many, many