Hitlers Opinion

       Its 1940,and I am super disappointed in what my team has done. Their were 10,000 children that were not murdered. I wanted to exterminate all Jews from this planet, but the Kindertransport did not let me. People do not know how mad I am. I wish I could of stopped the transports from leaving, but I didn't. Well time has past, I cant do that now.      The Kindertransport must feel so happy that they are safe, that they weren't killed. Most of the 10,000 children were Jews and Jews don't please me. I should of made some of the German solders stop the children from getting onto the trains so that they could live in a concentration camp and live/ die through all that pain that everyone else lived through.      I need these Jewish children back, so they can be in all the pain, hunger, thirst, and anger as these other Jews are.   The great Hitler missed 10,000 Jews, in 2 years thanks to Britain.

German Officer

I, a German Officer feel horrible for not standing up for those children on the Transport. I witnessed everything the children had to go through before leaving, and I just stood their. I saw a bunch of sad horrified children go onto the train. I stopped and thought should I help them. But because I was a solider I said to myself "No I don't want to be in trouble with the Nazis." I just stayed standing their.     One day a 10 year old boy asked me "Sir can you stop all of us from getting on this train because we don't want to leave our parents." I really wanted to stop but then this came out of my mouth "Keep moving kid." The little boy left with tears forming in his eyes. After that I did not want to make eye contact with these children.      A couple months later another transport left to Britain. A young girl maybe about seven years old was holding a baby that was about 6 months. She hugged the baby tightly until they both got on the train, then an older person told her if she could hold the baby and she gave it to her. I watched children taking care of other children.      On the last transport, which was on September 1, 1939, a group of young boys came up to were I was standing. "Excuse me? When will the war be over?" said one boy, and I ignored him. "Sir, will are parents most likely to be alive when we come back?" said another child, I ignored him too. " Sir, we are talking to you and you are ignoring us!" said the oldest boy. And I said " Most likely your parents wont be alive, I'm not sure when this wars over and I don't care, now please move along boys."       The war finally was over, and I still remember what a couple of the children said to me. I really wish to turn back the clock and relive that experience again to get it right this time. But all my respects go out to those children who were on the Kindertransport, because it wasn't easy but they all survived taking care of one another. 

Child on the Transport

      I left my country on December 2, 1938. My group left to Great Britain, on the Kindertransport. Most of the children on the transport, were sad or depressed. On the other hand I was overly exited to be the transport! I really did not want to stay back home, I wanted to leave. I wanted to leave because of the war in Germany that was going on. I wanted to leave because I did not want to see my family members die one by one, I did not want to experience that. And I didn't  I still wonder what is happening to them.       One day I asked this girl how she felt to be here in Britain. She said "its okay." I asked her hows was you're life in your home country. She said "fine." I started ti get mad at her because she would not tell me how she felt to be there. Then I asked her if she wanted to come on the transport, she said "I really did not want to be in this program because i miss my mother and father . The only reason I am here is because I did not want the Nazis to take me, and I did not want to die in the war." I started to see some connections with why I did want to come also.       I could not just sit at home, and then be murdurd by someone who did not like me for being me. "That's all, Thank You." I said  A half of these kids did not care if their parents die or died. "Thank you." She said and then continued talking go her new friends.       When I walk by people I tell my self …"Did this person leave their parents because they wanted to or because they had to."  I'm just thankful for being on the transport and having this opportunity that some children did not have or take. 

Christian Care Taker

     I was on the transport for two years, from 1938-1940. The trains got really crowded. I helped really young children to teenagers.All of these children looked miserable and sad. I wanted to help these kids, but I could not because I would be in trouble with the Nazis. When we all got to Great Britain most of the children  were relived to be here, others were sad they left their family members die in a war.  Every night i see some of these children cry themselves to sleep because their scared or worried because of their family members, I cried along with them. I tried to make these children as happy as I could . We would play some of there favorite games at the camps. Some of the older children looked after the younger children, and babies. I asked a little boy how he felt to be on that train. He told me he did not want to go on that transport, but he needed to. He did not want to leave his family. All he could bring was a small suitcase with his cloths, he brought nothing to remember his mother or father. He said he cried when he left his home, but not in front of his parents. I asked him if he wanted to go back to the country he came from, he said he would like to but he did not want to go if the war was still going on. I would ask some questions about his family and how were they like. I hugged him at the end, and told him "every thing is going to be alright."He then walked out and went to go to bed. The next day the last transport came, it was September 1, 1939. New children and workers stepped out of the train. I saw that some of the children looked relived to be there, and others did not. I took some of the young girls to their camp tent. I offered them my help if they needed any. A couple weeks later some guards told the care takers that Hitler was extremely unhappy that most of the Jewish, and other children were still alive. He wanted them dead, but then we heard that he murdered himself. Then the children took of after the war was over to other country's.

Event Summary

Before the Kindertransport, World War 2 started, also Kristallnacht (night of the broken glass) made restrictions for Jews in Germany for . The Kindertransport was between 1938-1940, and helped over 10,000 children find foster homes outside of Nazi Germany, Australia, Poland and Czechoslovakia to safety in Great Britain. Most of these children were Jews but a couple of them were Gypsies, and non-Aryans. These children could not bring their parents. Their suitcases had to be closed and they were not allowed to any bring valuables. The children left in train or in boat or in a plane if it was really far away. The older children took care of the younger ones. Each child was given an orphanage home or a foster home.  The first Kindertransport was arrived in Harwich on December 2, 1938. This transport took 200 children. In some of the organizations that were associated with the Kindertransport, favored some of the children who had to leave, because their parents were in a concentration camp. The last transport left on September 1, 1939 from Germany. All the children who were in the Kindertransport,survived. During those two years the Jewish children were being cared by Christians, some of the Jews lost their faith in their religion.  As the years went on after the World War 2, the boys became solders for the British army who fought against Germany. Also many of the children who were in the Kindertransport became citizens in Britain,moved to Israel the United States, Canada, and Australia. Most of these children never saw their parents ever again.