The rescue network known as the Kindertransport saved the lives of nearly 10,000 children between the years of 1938 and 1940 by transporting them from Nazi Germany to England. This year marks the 85th anniversary of the Kindertransport. To commemorate the arrival of the first Kindertransport in England on December 2, 1938, the Museum and the Kindertransport Association present a screening of the short films 256,000 Miles from Home and Dreyfus Drei. 256,000 Miles from Home follows four Kindertransport survivors as they retrace the route they took from their homelands to England and Dreyfus Drei tells the story of Australian Jewish artist Ella Dreyfus and her quest to unearth her family’s lost Holocaust history.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion with Dreyfus; Melissa Hacker, Executive Director of the KTA and director of 256,000 Miles from Home; Ilse Melamid, Kindertransport survivor; and Eva Yachnes, Kindertransport survivor.
