A Thousand Kisses – stories of the Kindertransport

This new travelling exhibition tells the story of the Kindertransports through the experiences of eight children and the loved ones they left behind, whose documents, letters and memoirs are amongst those held in the Wiener Library Collections. It is a story of persecution, migration, of refugees who were made welcome and those who were turned away.

Between December 1938 and May 1940, almost 10,000 unaccompanied mostly Jewish children were brought to Britain from Nazi Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland in what became known as the Kindertransports.

Exhibition by kind permission of The Harwich Haven Surrender and Sanctuary Project and the Wiener Library.

Venue: University Reception, Silberrad Student Centre, Colchester Campus

Date: Monday 28 January - Friday 1 February 2019.

Part of Holocaust Memorial Week 2019