Memorial

Kindertransport Sculpture (2)

Kindertransport

Source: Copyright Association of Jewish Refugees

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Current Location

in Hope Square, Liverpool Street Railway Station, Liverpool Street, City of London, City Of London, Greater London, EC2M 7PD, England

TQ 33139 81605

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Type of Memorial: Sculptured / Cast group
WMR Reference Number: 54207
Description: Group of five children cast in bronze positioned at the end of a piece of railway line cast in the same material. The scene of three girls and two boys, of various ages, are depicted with their suitcases. The youngest child who sits on one of the cases holds her toy. Around the edge of the plinth on which the figures are positioned are small blocks inscribed with the places from which the children came.
Inscription: PLAQUE: 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 1938 and 1939/ 'Whosever rescues a single soul is credited/ as though they had saved the whole world'/ Talmud/ Dedicated by/ Association of Jewish Refugees/ Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief/ 2006

Unveiled

2006

UNKNOWN

Figures

Height: 1700mm

Condition: Good

Plinth

Height: 600mm

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good