''Kindertransport – The Arrival'' is an outdoor bronze memorial sculpture by
Frank Meisler
Frank Meisler (; 30 December 1925 – 24 March 2018) was an Israeli architect and sculptor. Meisler was born in the Free City of Danzig and grew up in England, before moving to Israel in 1956. In 1953 he married Batya (Phillis) Hochman with whom ...
, located in the forecourt of
Liverpool Street station
Liverpool Street station, also known as London Liverpool Street, is a major central London railway terminus and connected London Underground station in the north-eastern corner of the City of London, in the ward of Bishopsgate Without. It i ...
in
London
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, United Kingdom.
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.
The memorial was installed in September 2006, replacing Flor Kent's bronze ' (''For the Child''), which was installed in 2003.
It was commissioned by
World Jewish Relief
The Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief, formerly Central British Fund for German Jewry, (CBF) which currently operates under the name World Jewish Relief (WJR), is a British charitable organisation and the main Jewish overseas aid orga ...
and the
Association of Jewish Refugees
The Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) is the specialist nationwide social and welfare services charity representing and supporting Jewish victims of Nazi oppression, and their dependants and descendants, living in Great Britain.
Historical ov ...
(AJR).
File:Liverpool Street Station (2014) - 04.JPG, Plaque for the memorial in 2014
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
The year 2006 in art involved various significant events.
Events
*Rembrandt 400 – Series of activities to commemorate the 400th anniversary of the birth of Rembrandt.
*1 January – Resale Rights Directive in the European Union, providing a ' ...
*
List of public art in the City of London
* ''
Trains to Life – Trains to Death
A train (from Old French , from Latin">-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... , from Latin , "to pull, to draw") is a series of connected vehicles th ...
'',
Berlin
Berlin ( ; ) is the Capital of Germany, capital and largest city of Germany, by both area and List of cities in Germany by population, population. With 3.7 million inhabitants, it has the List of cities in the European Union by population withi ...
* ''
Kindertransport – Channel Crossing to Life
The ''Kindertransport'' (German for "children's transport") was an organised rescue effort of children from Nazi-controlled territory that took place in 1938–1939 during the nine months prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. The ...
'',
Hoek van Holland
References
External links
Saving Children from the Holocaust: The Kindertransport(pg. 112) by Ann Byers (2011)
2006 establishments in the United Kingdom
2006 sculptures
Bronze sculptures in London
Kindertransport
Outdoor sculptures in London
Statues in London
Sculptures of children in London
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