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Kindertransport: Rescuing Children on the Brink of War

You have arrived at the Betty and Walter L. Popper Gallery which is number 22 on your map. Now on view is "Kindertransport: Rescuing Children on the Brink of War." 

Co-presented by Yeshiva University Museum and the Leo Baeck Institute, this exhibition tells the story of the Kindertransport, the organized rescue effort that saved thousands of Jewish children by sending them to Great Britain between 1938 and 1940 from Nazi Germany.

Hear about the rescue effort through stories, personal effects, objects, and engaging media. Learn about the agonizing decisions of parents to send their children to safety. 

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