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Sunday, Mar 17

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Glasgow Kindertransport refugee dies at 100

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Henry Wuga fled his native Germany on the eve of World War Two to start a new life in Scotland.

Friday, Feb 2

17

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Labour peer who fled on Kindertransport makes emotional address to Parliament

www.standard.co.uk

Lord Dubs held back tears as he recalled his experience of fleeing to the UK from Czechoslovakia aged six during the Second World War.

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Labour peer who fled on Kindertransport makes emotional address to Parliament

Lord Dubs held back tears as he recalled his experience of fleeing to the UK from Czechoslovakia aged six during the Second World War.

Labour peer who fled on Kindertransport makes emotional address to Parliament

Lord Dubs held back tears as he recalled his experience of fleeing to the UK from Czechoslovakia aged six during the Second World War.

Saturday, Jan 27

05

Holocaust Memorial Day: Kindertransport refugees who made Britain home

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Survivors of the famous child rescue mission share their stories on Holocaust Memorial Day.

Friday, Jan 26

21

A lesson in humanity from holocaust Kindertransport refugee

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Isa Soares speaks with Vera Schaufeld, a 93-year-old Holocaust survivor, who offers us all a lesson in humanity.

Friday, Jan 12

14

What One Life gets wrong about Nicholas Winton and the Kindertransport story

theconversation.com

Recent researchers, including myself, have highlighted one particular and obvious flaw in the Kindertransport scheme: that the children were separated from their parents.

Friday, Jan 5

10

BBC sparks fury after omitting word 'Jewish' from promo for Kindertransport film

www.express.co.uk

Daniel Sugarman, director of public affairs at the Board of Jewish Deputies claimed Jews were "getting written out of our own history".

04

BBC is facing furious backlash after omitting the word 'Jewish' from promotional material for film telling the story of WWII hero Sir Nicholas Winton who saved kindertransport children from the Nazis

www.dailymail.co.uk

A new film, One Life, tells the story of Sir Nicholas Winton (Anthony Hopkins pictured in the role) rescuing hundreds of mostly Jewish children from the expanding Nazi invasion across Europe.

Thursday, Jan 4

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Saturday, Dec 30

15

‘The worst meeting I have ever had’: why a Kindertransport hero rejected a film about his life

www.theguardian.com

As One Life is released, producer says that Nicholas Winton – the ‘British Schindler’ who saved 669 children – was reluctant for his story to be told

Sunday, Dec 10

10

Kindertransport success of ‘Britain’s Schindler’ celebrated in new film and exhibition

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Film starring Johnny Flynn and Anthony Hopkins and photographs of Holocaust survivors pay tribute to courage of UK Kindertransport hero

Sunday, Dec 3

19

Kindertransport refugees mark 85th anniversary of rescue operation

A ceremony was held to mark the occasion on Sunday afternoon at Liverpool Street Station, where many of the child refugees arrived in the UK.

Kindertransport refugees mark 85th anniversary of rescue operation

A ceremony was held to mark the occasion on Sunday afternoon at Liverpool Street Station, where many of the child refugees arrived in the UK.

Kindertransport refugees mark 85th anniversary of rescue operation

www.standard.co.uk

A ceremony was held to mark the occasion on Sunday afternoon at Liverpool Street Station, where many of the child refugees arrived in the UK.

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The Kindertransport saved me from the Nazis – I owe Britain everything but now anti-Semitism has left me afraid

A 95-year-old woman who escaped from the Nazis after fleeing Europe on the Kindertransport line said she is indebted to Britain but fears a new wave of anti-Semitism.

The Kindertransport saved me from the Nazis – I owe Britain everything but now anti-Semitism has left me afraid

www.thesun.co.uk

A 95-year-old woman who escaped from the Nazis after fleeing Europe on the Kindertransport line said she is indebted to Britain but fears a new wave of anti-Semitism.

The Kindertransport saved me from the Nazis – I owe Britain everything but now anti-Semitism has left me afraid

www.the-sun.com

A 95-year-old woman who escaped from the Nazis after fleeing Europe on the Kindertransport line said she is indebted to Britain but fears a new wave of anti-Semitism.