Kindertransport in British Memory and Culture: A Roundtable Discussion

This online roundtable brought together scholars and practitioners to examine the Kindertransport through archival research, personal testimony, and reflective practice. Exploring sources ranged from international archives to refugees’ own words, the discussion considered how the Kindertransport has been remembered, interpreted, and mobilised in British culture, and why it continues to matter today.

Speakers: 

• Dr Amy Williams (Association of Jewish Refugees) Using international, national, and local archives to construct a transnational history of the Kindertransport
• Dr Monja Stahlberger (University of Reading) Listening to Kindertransport Refugees in Their Own Words: how ego documents of the early years in Britain give us unique insights
• Howard Falksohn (Wiener Holocaust Library) Kindertransporte: An archivist’s personal perspective

Chair:

• Dr Joseph Cronin (Leo Baeck Institute London)

This event was hosted by the Leo Baeck Institute London in collaboration with the British-German Association.

Photo: Wikipedia