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4 December 2018

4 December 2018
December 4, 2018 Fletcher Ruddy

2018’s youngsters recreate iconic Harwich 1930 Kindertransport

CHILDREN lined a platform in a poignant recreation of the moment thousands of Jewish children fled the terror of the Nazi regime.

This week marks the 80th anniversary of the Kindertransport.

The huge humanitarian rescue saw 10,000 children travel from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia to the safety of Britain to save them from the Holocaust.

Izzy Morath, project assistant for the Kindertransport recreation, said: “We’ve had children from different schools like St Joseph’s Catholic School and Harwich and Dovercourt High School to re-enact the Kindertransport arrival.

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