Austria-Czech SIG #Austria-Czech Kindertransport commemoration; Westbahnhof, Vienna, 14 March 2008 #austria-czech
Celia Male <celiamale@...>
It is a pity many of you cannot read German because here is an article about
the commemoration which will take place at 11am at Westbahnhof, Vienna this coming Friday 14 March 2008. There will be an unveiling of a bronze statue in the main concourse for the Kindertransport that left Vienna for London from this railway terminal via the Netherlands. The sculptress is Venezuelan-born Flor Kent and the model for the child is Sam MORRIS, the great-grandson on one of the original Kindertransport children: http://www.bohmann.at/templates/index.cfm/id/23342/Die_Skulptur__Fuer_das_Kind A seven-year old boy sits on a single suitcase, the only piece of luggage the children were allowed to take with them. Some of the children were as young as three years old and most never saw their parents again. Sam will be there together with his great-grandmother Sara SCHREIBER. Other dignitaries present will be representatives of the British Embassy and the Jewish community of Vienna as well as Austrian officials. At Liverpool Station there is already a statue commemorating these events: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindertransport Celia Male [U.K.]
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