Children_of_the_Kindertransport_(15535288254).jpg
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Took this image today while on a city walkabout.
On a plaque behind the statues Children of the Kindertransport In gratitude to the people of Britain for saving the lives of 10,000 unaccompanied mainly Jewish children who fled from Nazi persecution in 1938 and 1939. "Whosoever rescues a single soul is credited as thought they had saved the whole world." Talmud To the sides of the statues are 16 bronze blocks carry place-names Cologne, Hanover, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Bremen, Munich, Danzig, Breslau, Prague, Hamburg, Mannheim, Leipzig, Berlin, Vienna On a plaque attached to the railway track behind the statues Frank Meisler, Arie Ovadia, 2006 The sculptor, Meisler was one of the children saved. Selective colour used with ipiccy.. |
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| Source | "Children of the Kindertransport" @ Hope Square, Liverpool Street Station, London ( 2 Views ) |
| Author | Loco Steve from Bromley , UK |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Loco Steve at https://flickr.com/photos/36989019@N08/15535288254 ( archive ). It was reviewed on 10 February 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0. |