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Events leading up to the Kindertransport:
- After Hitler mastered power in Germany in 1933, his Nazi party started the destruction of Jews. Because of this action, thousands of Jews fled the country but the emigration slowed for getting Visas were almost impossible to get.
- Because of the matter that Jews were being held captive in Hitler's Reich, President Franklin Roosevelt of the United States suggested a conference on July 6, 1938 with thirty one other counties to deal with the "refugee problem".
- Most countries refused to let in the new immigrants and the members could only agree to meet later.
- However, after November 9, 1938, more commonly known as the Night of The Broken Glass almost all thirty one counties refused to let in Jewish immigrants. Terrified that Hitler and his Nazi army would strike there next. After that, most Jewish families struggled to find a country that would let them in.
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What happend to the children when they got off the kindertransport?
Parents desperate to get their kids away from the Nazis sent them on the Kindertransport. The trip was rough on the kids but they were sent to safe areas like London where they lived with friends or relatives until the war was over.
Why did the kindertransport start?
The outbreak of war in September 1939 led to severe disruption of communications, and travel from Germany to France and Britain become extremely difficult. Until the Nazi invasion of the Netherlands and Belgium in May 1940 a small number of children did manage to reach Britain by way of the Netherlands. Thereafter, it was almost impossible.
What was the Kindertransport rescue mission?
Events leading up to the Kindertransport:After Hitler mastered power in Germany in 1933, his Nazi party started the destruction of Jews. Because of this action, thousands of Jews fled the country but the emigration slowed for getting Visas were almost impossible to get.Because of the matter that Jews were being held captive in Hitler's Reich, President Franklin Roosevelt of the United States suggested a conference on July 6, 1938 with thirty one other counties to deal with the "refugee problem".Most countries refused to let in the new immigrants and the members could only agree to meet later.However, after November 9, 1938, more commonly known as the Night of The Broken Glass almost all thirty one counties refused to let in Jewish immigrants. Terrified that Hitler and his Nazi army would strike there next. After that, most Jewish families struggled to find a country that would let them in.
