The Kindertransport

What Really Happened
1. Auflage 2023
ISBN: 978-1-5095-5377-8
Verlag: Wiley John + Sons

Buch, Englisch, 169 Seiten, Format (B × H): 139 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 253 g

In 1938 and 1939, some 10,000 children and young people fled to the UK to escape Nazi persecution. Known as the ‘Kindertransport’, this effort has long been hailed as a wartime success story – but there are uncomfortable truths at its heart.

The Kindertransport was a complex visa waiver scheme, and its organizers did not necessarily act with altruism. The British government required a guarantee to indemnify itself against any expenses, and refused to admit the child refugees’ parents. The selection criteria prioritized those who were likely to make the best contribution to society, rather than the most urgent cases. And some children and young people were placed in unsuitable homes, where many arrangements irrevocably broke down.

Written with striking empathy and insight, Andrea Hammel’s expert analysis casts new light on what really happened during the Kindertransport. Revelatory and impassioned, this book will be essential reading for anyone interested in the history of migration and refugees, and offers thought-provoking lessons for how we might make life easier for children fleeing conflict today.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hammel, Andrea

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Kognitionspsychologie Gedächtnis
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Myth

2. Persecution

3. Escape

4. Organisation

5. Placements

6. War

7. Death

8. Together/Apart

9. Life

10. Memory

Über Autor(innen)

Andrea Hammel is Professor of German and the Director of the Centre for the Movement of People at Aberystwyth University.