Children Transports Hoek van Holland

Since Kristallnacht in November 1938, a real hunt for the Jews has taken place. Many Jewish children were also not spared and were bullied and deported. Negotiations between the Nazis and the British led to more than 10,000 Jewish children being allowed to leave for England and to be taken in as refugees. These so-called Kindertransporten took place from different places, the first from Berlin and further from Vienna, Prague and later also from Gdansk in Poland. They were transported by train to Hoek van Holland where a boat was waiting for the crossing to Harwich. As a reminder of these transports, visual artist Frank Meisler has made some sculptures. Frank Meisler experienced one of these transports himself as a child.
There are statues in Gdansk (The Departure), Berlin (Trains to Life, Trains to Death), Liverpool (The Arrival), Hoek van Holland (Channel crossing to life).

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• Text: Bert Deelman
• Photos: Bert Deelman