Kindertransport Archives – J-Wire https://www.jwire.com.au/tag/kindertransport/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Mon, 10 Nov 2025 07:22:24 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 6446428 From Kristallnacht to Kindertransport: Sydney commemoration unites generations of hope https://www.jwire.com.au/from-kristallnacht-to-kindertransport-sydney-commemoration-unites-generations-of-hope/ https://www.jwire.com.au/from-kristallnacht-to-kindertransport-sydney-commemoration-unites-generations-of-hope/#respond Mon, 10 Nov 2025 07:22:24 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=174071 Last night, close to 800 people gathered in Sydney for the NSW Jewish Board of Deputies’ annual Kristallnacht commemoration, an evening that powerfully linked a notorious moment of the Nazi pogrom with the subsequent act of rescue. The event, themed “From Kristallnacht to Kindertransport”, was a moving reflection on memory, compassion, and resilience. Dane Stern, […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/from-kristallnacht-to-kindertransport-sydney-commemoration-unites-generations-of-hope/feed/ 0 174071 Remembering Kindertransport: A legacy of bravery and loss https://www.jwire.com.au/remembering-kindertransport-a-legacy-of-bravery-and-loss/ https://www.jwire.com.au/remembering-kindertransport-a-legacy-of-bravery-and-loss/#respond Sun, 01 Dec 2024 05:24:15 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=164119 December 1 marks Kindertransport Day, commemorating the first train that carried Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Germany to safety in England in 1938. This day honours the bravery of parents who made the agonizing choice to send their children away from danger and the resilience of those children who embarked on an uncertain journey to survival. […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/remembering-kindertransport-a-legacy-of-bravery-and-loss/feed/ 0 164119 WE ARE HERE spreading its message https://www.jwire.com.au/we-are-here-spreading-its-message/ https://www.jwire.com.au/we-are-here-spreading-its-message/#respond Wed, 10 Apr 2024 02:29:00 +0000 https://www.jwire.com.au/?p=157465 The Perth-based WE ARE HERE! Foundation’s In My Pocket Project is heading to Melbourne and Johannesburg, following the program’s successes in Sydney, Perth, and Cape Town. Dorrith Sim’s autobiographical story and our unique creative art project are suitable for 9 to 12-year-olds in Years 5 and 6 in Upper Primary schools, government and private schools, […]

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/we-are-here-spreading-its-message/feed/ 0 157465 Sir Nicholas Winton dead at 106 https://www.jwire.com.au/sir-nicholas-winton-dead-at-106/ https://www.jwire.com.au/sir-nicholas-winton-dead-at-106/#comments Thu, 02 Jul 2015 05:06:47 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=53747 Nicholas Winton, who rescued 669 children during the Holocaust and was dubbed the “British Schindler” (after German Holocaust rescuer Oskar Schindler), has died at the age of 106.

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]]> https://www.jwire.com.au/sir-nicholas-winton-dead-at-106/feed/ 3 53747 ADC seeks Nobel Peace Prize for Sir Nicholas Winton https://www.jwire.com.au/adc-seeks-nobel-peace-prize-for-sir-nicholas-winton/ https://www.jwire.com.au/adc-seeks-nobel-peace-prize-for-sir-nicholas-winton/#comments Sun, 16 Mar 2014 04:11:12 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=41133 The B’nai Brith Anti-Defamation Commission (ADC) has launched an Australian campaign to petition the Nobel Prize Committee to award Sir Nicholas Winton the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.

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