- Type of Memorial
- Composite
- WMR Reference Number
- 100105
- Description
- Bronze figures of a standing girl and sitting boy with a suitcase on a portland stone plinth, inscribed FOR THE CHILD - FÜR DAS KIND - PRO DÍTĚ
- Inscription
- FÜR DAS KIND - DISPLACED
by Flor Kent/ commemorating the greatness of ordinary people in extraordinary times/ Kindertransport Memorial linking/
Liverpool Street Station - London
Hlavní Nídraží Station - Prague
Westbahnhof Statien - Vienna
In tribute to all those who helped rescue 10,000 Jewish and other children/escaping Nazi persecution through the kindertransports from Austria,/ Czechoslovakia and Germany to the United Kingdom in 1938-39.
Liverpool Street Station was the main place of arrival and the meeting point/ for the children and their sponsors and foster families.
In memory of the millions, including over one and a half million children, who were killed during the Holocaust.
They will not be forgotten/ Dedicated 16 September 2003/ Rededicated 21 May 2011/ by Sir Nicholas Winton
With special thanks to:
Crown Fine Arts
Deutsche Bank
Ministry of Transportation, Innovation and Technology of Austria
Ministry of Transport of the Czech republic
Portland Sculpture & Quarry Trust
Schreiber Charitable Trust
UBS
Winton Train Inspiration by Goodness
and many other generous donors & supporters
Plaque 2
Dedicated to/ The Religious Society of Friends - The Quakers
For instigating the Kindertransports and their unique role in getting/the British Parliament to change legislation in order to accept/ the children into Great Britain
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Věnováno
Náboženské společnosti přátel - Kvakerům
za podnět k zahájeni transportů dětí a za jejich unikátní roli při/ prosazení změny zákona v britském Parlamentu nutné pro přijetí/ dětí do Velké Británie