If you translate it then it would mean 'child transports'.
Kindertransport refers to the rescue efforts that took place during World War II to evacuate mostly Jewish children from Nazi-occupied countries to safety in Great Britain. Between 1938 and 1940, around 10,000 children were transported out of danger.
The Kindertransport programme began in November 1938 and ended in September 1939. Britain took in over 10,000 children during this time. Kindertransport was aimed for children 17 and under.
10,000
nearly 10,000
Into the Arms of Strangers Stories of the Kindertransport - 2000 is rated/received certificates of: Argentina:13 Australia:PG Germany:o.Al. (bw) UK:PG USA:PG
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.
The Kindertransport started in Harwich, England on December 2, 1938.
Children under the age of 17, the United Kingdom, and with little publicity, the United States.
It be impossible to ascertain, the kindertransport rescued 10,000 children prior to the outbreak of WW2
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport won the Oscar for Documentary - Feature - in 2000.
Children were placed on Kindertransporte by their parents - very reluctantly and of course in the hope that one day the family would be reunited.
The Kindertransport began in December 1938 and continued until the outbreak of World War II in September 1939. It was a rescue mission that carried nearly 10,000 predominantly Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland to safety in Great Britain.
The kindertransport happened as a result of the persecution of Jews by the Nazis during World War II. The program was organized to rescue Jewish children from Nazi-occupied countries, primarily Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia, and bring them to safety in Great Britain. It aimed to protect the children from the atrocities of the Holocaust and provide them with better opportunities for survival.