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RG-118.01, Charles Susskind Collection

RG-118.02, Lisa Jura Collection



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ID: RG-118/RG-118

Extent: 0.0

Arrangement: This Record Group is arranged in 10 subcollections.

Subjects: Evacuation of the 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Kindertransport, Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs, Jewish children from Germany, Kindertransport, photographs, Kindertransport, Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England, Kindertransport, photo-documents

Languages: English, German

Scope and Contents of the Materials

This Record Group is comprised of 10 sub-collections, each dedicated to a particular child who escaped Europe on a Kindertransport, and artifacts related to this particular child. Each child has their own sub-collection under RG-118, which then contains artifacts specific to that individual.

Collection Historical Note

In response to the brutality of Kristallnacht, several organizations worked together to bring Jewish children under Nazi occupation to safety in the United Kingdom (UK). Roughly 10,000 Jewish children from Germany, Austria, parts of Czechoslovakia, and parts of modern-day Poland were sent to the UK on Kindertransports (children’s transports). Additional, smaller groups of children were brought to safety on Kindertransports to Sweden and Switzerland. The first train carrying refugee children left Berlin on December 1, 1939, and trains were halted when borders were closed due to the outbreak of World War II. The vast majority of the rescued children never saw their families again.

As part of a temporary exhibition curated by the Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust, the artifacts that form this group were loaned from 10 children who escaped Europe on a Kindertransport. A number of these artifacts were on short term loan to the museum, and have since been returned, therefore they are only available digitally.

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Evacuation of the 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Kindertransport
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs
Jewish children from Germany, Kindertransport, photographs
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England
Kindertransport, photo-documents

Administrative Information

Repository: Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust

Access Restrictions: There are no access restrictions on this collection


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Sub-Collection 1: RG-118.01, Charles Susskind CollectionAdd to your cart.
Document/Artifact of Item-Level 1: RG-118.01.01, Karel Süsskind, c. 1925, age about 4, with older brother Walter, Prague, 1937Add to your cart.View associated digital content.
Photograph of Karel Süsskind at about age 4, and his brother Walter, c 1925, taken in Prague.
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Charles Susskind
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children, arrival to England
Kindertransport
Kindertransport, photo-documents
Kindertransport, Jewish refugee children
Jewish children from German-occupied and controlled countries, Kindertransport, photographs

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