Kindertransport – The Arrival
| Kindertransport – The Arrival | |
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 The sculpture in 2011 | |
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| Artist | Frank Meisler |
| Location | London, United Kingdom |
| 51°31′03″N 0°04′57″W / 51.517586°N 0.082563°W | |
Kindertransport – The Arrival is an outdoor bronze memorial sculpture by Frank Meisler, located in the forecourt of Liverpool Street station in London, United Kingdom.[1] It commemorates the 10,000 Jewish children who escaped Nazi persecution and arrived at the station during 1938–1939, whose parents were forced to take the decision to send them to safety in the UK. Most of the children never saw their parents again, as their parents were subsequently killed in concentration camps, although some were reunited.[2] The memorial was installed in September 2006, replacing Flor Kent's bronze Für Das Kind (For the Child), which was installed in 2003.[3][4] It was commissioned by World Jewish Relief and the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR).
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Plaque for the memorial in 2014
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Literature
- Marie-Catherine Allard (27 April 2020). Modelling bridges between past and current issues of forced migration: Frank Meisler’s memorial sculpture Kindertransport – The Arrival. In: Jewish historical studies, vol. 51 issue 1, p. 86-104.
See also
- 2006 in art
- List of public art in the City of London
- Trains to Life – Trains to Death, Berlin
- Kindertransport – Channel Crossing to Life, Hoek van Holland
References
- ^ Hammel, Andrea; Lewkowicz, Bea (2012). The Kindertransport to Britain 1938/39: New Perspectives. Rodopi. p. 9. ISBN 9789401208864. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ Thornhill, Gillian (31 October 2012). The Life, Times and Music of Mark Raphael. AuthorHouse. p. 77. ISBN 9781477242605. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ Rabben, Linda (28 February 2011). Give Refuge to the Stranger: The Past, Present, and Future of Sanctuary. Left Coast Press. p. 109. ISBN 9781611320305. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
- ^ Long, David (30 November 2011). Hidden City: The Secret Alleys, Courts and Yards of London's Square Mile. The History Press. p. 273. ISBN 9780752480329. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
External links
- Saving Children from the Holocaust: The Kindertransport (pg. 112) by Ann Byers (2011)
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