Memorial

Kindertransport Sculpture (1) (LOST)

Source: Orphan Work 54206

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Type of Memorial: Composite
WMR Reference Number: 54206
Description: Glass case representing a suitcase containing objects collected from the Kinder. The case is modelled on a surviving case. The case is fixed to a heavy plinth of Portland stone. A bronze figure of a girl stands on the plinth observing the glass case. Objects contained in the case include toys, books, clothes, family photographs and letters.
Inscription: PLAQUE: FUR DAS KIND/ (FOR THE CHILD) BY FLOR KENT/ IN DEEP GRATITUDE TO THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM/ FOR SAVING THE LIVES OF 10 000 CHILDREN WHO FLED TO THIS COUNTRY/ FROM NAZI PERSECUTION ON THE KINDERTRANSPORTS IN 1938-9/ 'WHOSEVER RESCUES A SINGLE SOUL IS CREDITED/ AS THOUGH THEY HAD SAVED THE WHOLE WORLD'/ TALMUD/ DEDICATED BY THE CENTRAL BRITISH FUND FOR WORLD JEWISH RELIEF/ 16 SEPTEMBER 2003/ THE SCULPTURE BEHIND YOU INCLUDES PERSONAL ITEMS CARRIED BY THE CHILDREN WHO/ ARRIVED AT LIVERPOOL STREET STATION FROM EUROPE ON THE KINDERTRANSPORTS

Maker(s): MS FLOR KENT, Sculptor
Costs: c £90 000
Maintenance History: The sculpture was dismantled when it was found that the facilities affecting the environmental conditions of the case were not performing correctly. The artefacts were returned to the Imperial War Museum. May 2011 the figure of the girl was relocated to the ground floor level of Liverpool Street Station and is now part of a new memorial (our ref. 100105). The memorial has been replaced with a bronze sculpture and plaque. (Our ref. 54207 and 57799.)

Unveiled

16 September 2003

UNKNOWN

Case

Height: c 1800mm

Width: c 2250mm