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New Publication: ‘Constructing Identity and Belonging in the Diaries and Memoirs of Kindertransport Refugees’

1 September 2025
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We’re delighted to share that our Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Dr Monja Stahlberger, has a new article in the Leo Baeck Institute Year Book:

‘I so wanted to be English’: Constructing Identity and Belonging in the Diaries and Memoirs of Kindertransport Refugees

The article explores how Kindertransport refugees reflected on identity, belonging, and memory across their lifetimes – showing that their experiences went far beyond narratives of simple assimilation.

Read it online (paid access): https://doi.org/10.1093/leobaeck/ybaf011 

 

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