Topic - Kinder Transport

The Kinder Transport rescued 10,000 Jewish children from Nazi Germany in the days leading up to World War II. Fifty of those children came to families in and around Coventry. The Coventry Jewish Refugee Committee was chaired by Maurice Cohen, a President of the Coventry Hebrew Congregation. Welcoming the refugee children was particularly assisted by Coventry's Christadelphian community.

Children coming to Coventry included:

Bertha Leverton née Engelhard (1923-2020) – See her video in the Peace & Reconciliation Gallery. Bertha became an ambassador for Tolerance and was awarded the MBE in 2005. Evacuated from Coventry to Yorkshire Bertha had a tough time until her parents were able to escape to England also.
Hanna Zach Miley (1932- ) – As of 2023, in Phoenix Arizona from where Hanna promotes peace, tolerance and forgiveness. See her addressing the Arizona House of Representatives in Jan 2023 on her link below.
Henry Hopfinger (1924-2014) – Henry was a photographer in Earlsdon where he lived until his death in 2014
Ingeborg Sadan (1930-2013) and her siblings came to Coventry. You can read their story by following the link below – It is one of the very few with a happy ending as the entire family were eventually reunited in Coventry in 1944
Susi Bechhofer (1936-2018) & Lotte Bechhofer (1936-1971) - The twins came to England and were adopted into Cardiff family who denied them their Jewish heritage. Susi later settled in Rugby and was part of Coventry's Holocaust Remembrance commemoration in 2015.