Kindertransport: A Journey to Life [2012] - Newsnight 

I will forever feel grateful (albeit bittersweet) that my grandpa was able to leave Nazi Germany in 1939 through the kindertransport. I know that I never would have been born if he hadn't arrived in England and later met my grandma. He was one of the fortunate ones and even more privileged to have reunited with his parents many years later. Visiting Dachau not too long ago further put things into perspective. Never forget

RIP Sir Nicholas Winton. Incredible man and a true hero

Sir Nicholus Winton looks like the sweet grandpa in movie Up!!!

RIP Sir Nicholas Winton. You will always be loved and remembered for your noble heart and soul.

My heart so sad and my teats rolled down, so hard for their parents leaving their children,...I cant imagine.... But God bless him , he was alive until 110....what a good hearted person.

I have not forgotten about these children. The horror they experienced touches deep in my heart and soul. I do fear for our future as well. God bless you all.

God bless you all! Thank you for sharing your stories. I am not Jewish, born in 1950 in the US - I will never forget what happened to the beautiful Jewish People in Europe. I have taken the time to listen to hundreds of stories by survivors who spoke on behalf of the families they lost and for themselves. For this, and many good reasons including the Bible, I have and always will have a sincere and loving heart for the Jewish People.

4:29 Sir Nicholas Winston (1909 - 2015) was born to German Jewish parents who emigrated to England before his birth. He personally established the kindertransport, found homes for and arranged the rescue of 669 Jewish children from pre-war Czechoslovakia.

Thanks to BBC for making this powerful, gripping documentry of the Kindertransport. Very touching, very moving stories!! My deep respect to all these 'grownup kids' who shared their memories.

So absolutely heartbreaking. I cant even begin to imagine the fear and pain of these children. My heart breaks for their parents, to give up their children and send them away to what they prayed would be a better place. How unbelievably heart wrenching and brave of them. I don’t even want to imagine letting my children go. Sir Nicholas Winston was an incredible man who strived to save so many children from an inhumane existence and death. God bless these children, I so hope most managed to go on to live fulfilled lives because of this amazing man.

My Step-dad's mum was brought to the UK on the Kindertransport. While she was not my biological grandmother, I am thankful that she was brought here as, without her, I wouldn't have had a dad. She came here as a lone Hungarian girl without a word of English and found a home, here. Her mother survived the war and she went back to her but soon returned to the UK as it felt more like home, to her.

My great cousin was on that train. True story.

One of those children grew up in England and married my cousin. He returned to Czechoslovakia after the war - none of his extended family survived.

...so, so sad....heartbroken and lost children, their parents did what they could to save them, did anything they could to save them, and the poor parents anguish as well not knowing really what they were sending their children to and just praying their children would be safe. What a horrific time in history...lest we forget...

Never never forget. Never let it be forgotten, Oppose those who say it never happened. Oppose those whose hatred causes the same to happen now, wherever and whoever they are. You don't have to be nazi to be intolerant. You don't have to be jewish to be a victim. You can be a hero whoever you are.

So sad how those poor little children managed without their parents love so sad God Bless all the survivors 🙏

It needs to be shown all the time!! Must never forget!

The lovely lady at the end said (and I paraphrase) that "So many want to forget what happened". Please know that I will not let people forget. I'm in my 40's and I remember in 1986 (the same year the Challenger space shuttle accident happened, so it was a memorable 6th grade year for me) and we had an older woman come to our school and she talked to us for about 2 hours about her experiences as a young woman in a concentration camp. It gave me a lifelong interest and passion for the Holocaust. I remember crying at her descriptions and talking to her afterwards for what seemed like 20 minutes but was probably only a few minutes. She sweetly took my hand and held it in hers and let me run my fingers over her tattooed arm. From that day on, I've had few interests that meant more to me, than World War II and the Holocaust. I have two teenage boys and I make sure that they learn all they can about the past, to help ensure it's never forgotten. RIP Sir Nicholas Winton and all of the Kindertransport children that have sadly passed. 💔 You are never forgotten.

Thank You Thank You Thank You Sir Nicky for a lifetime.😇😇😇💜 Desendant😊

I am a tour guide n Berlin and there is a little monument to the Kindertransport at the Friedrichstraße train station. It’s heartbreaking, but I do see German grandparents there with their grandchildren explaining what happened.

We shall always remember, every one who suffered. we shall always remember, in your name, in the name of humanity. as we did in the past, we will remember you, in the present and in the future, we will remember you, every one of you.

Wow the person who disliked this must have vinegar running through his veins. Not a human being I think. Woe to you for your lack of compassion. You live in darkness and will be forever in darkness in the afterworld.

What matters the most during your lifetime is not the fact that you will live your life, but how you live your life for the sake of yourself and others as well.

Totally agree with these kinder transport survivor's, it should never be forgotten.

Thank you very much for educating me about the Kindertransport: A Journey to Life a heartbreaking stories. Sad. People never learn to live in peace and harmony God will always be with you all💟💟💟

truly a Saint in any lifetime !!!

I remember my closefriend who watch Schindlers List she cried till the end.....so hurtful how they suffered.

How I wish my dear ones in Salonika had got out in time,sad to say they didn't.I thank G-d for those who came on the kinder transport including friends of mine.

Unimaginable, thank God for using the great people of England to safe the life of the children

Excellent video. What a pleasure to watch it without thumping background "music".

What a wonderful man Sir Nicholas Winton was - and all the people who helped him. There’s a Polish lady S well called Irene Sandler i think. She saved over 1,000 children from ghettos etc. bravery beyond belief. Wonderful ( in a sad way) hearing these children speak but - oh how incredibly brave those parents were. The heartache and the anguish they must have gone through. Their only consolation, ‘ I saved my precious child.’ How must it have felt to have to choose which child went. One just can’t imagine. G-D bless all the people who took those children in with love. I’ve heard some speak of their foster family as mum and dad. Even those who took children just to use them for work horses ( shame on them) . At least the children were saved. They would have had no chance in Europe. It must never happen again. The world must come together or we are all lost. Australia 2021 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

Such a sad story - no man, woman or child independent of race or reglion should have to live through such horror! It was only yesterday we must ban together so that it NEVER EVER happens again to ANYONE!!!

Hope you have lots of children. Anyway, God has made it very easy to know that there is afterlife on earth. Please don't be too sad missing your parents. They are watching you and will meet you in Heaven.

Can you imagine having to select only one of your children to be sent to foreign country. Not knowing if they be accepted and cared for kindly.

My teachers husband’s dad was the last kid to enter the kindertransport i have heard ghe story over and over :|

RIP sir Nicholas Winston

Brave children--bravo! You survived a terrible terrible time!

God bless these people who had to lose everything and grow up too fast

Amazing stories, GOD IS GOOD🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

I just learned what Nicholas Winton did . God bless him and others who stepped up and saved innocent people from the Holocaust.

Wars are ugly . They show the inhumane side of humanity . Senseless and cruel . Yet these children were the lucky ones who survived , but a painful cruel existence not knowing what happened to their families. part of you always remains incomplete and lost and yearning for answers .

Beautiful documentary

The hard done by children of today should watch this and realise just how lucky they are !

I am so sorry you had to go through this...

Боже мой, Господи, пусть такое никогда не произойдёт. Люди,милые,ну что же мы делаем, всем земли и солнца хватает.

Please turn the music down.

I can hear the music through my right ear, but the voices through my left I’m wearing headphones btw

I will remember!

We must never forget

great documents, but very sad story

To deny and say the Holocaust ever happened. Is a grave insult to those who never returned and the survivors of that awful situation. Shame on those who r so ignorant and cruel to even think it let alone say it .

These parents were brave and selfless. Many put their children first. They were ridiculed for not keeping the familes together, but they saved their children's lives. It was very difficult at the time for young children to understand why they must be separated from their parents and family. Had people been open and honest with them, it could have prevented a lot of anguish, certainly not elimiate the trauma, but help them. It was the culture in some familes for children to be sheltered as much as possible. Today is much different. As a child I always asked my grandmother, born in 1909,"Why?", about everything! I was told the truth. I'm grateful my family has not lied and taught me about the Holocaust at a very young age. Each family is different. It's saddening that the kids were left in the dark and had to wait a lifetime for answers, especially since so many documents and witnesses have disappeared.

Nice audio BBC, felt like doing a Van Gough and ripping off my bumberclut ear off

Great video. But the music as beautiful as it is, is annoying as hell because I can barely hear the people talk why don't you turn down the music so that we can hear them speak

We will remember 🧎🏼‍♀️ (Isaiah 35&53)

HI Great retelling of a tragic time when they were children saved from the Holocaust. The Talmud says' If you save one life it is as if you saved the whole world'? But ONE life was GIVEN for the saving of the whole world. [Isaiah 53]. Shalom to us only in Christ Yeshua.

The music drowns the words of the people talking.

This would b better if I could hear whats being said

Thankfully, these children being used as basically servants was rare, but one is too many, they came here escaping for their lives, not to be virtual slaves, disgraceful. Most folks were very kind and loving towards them though.

Жаль что нет перевода. Это история.

This motivated man in the face of living hell. Greatness amounge deficient evil greedy madness.

If one of my classmates see this, hi its me lexie-brooke lmao

Please remember that the RU-vid algorithm does not believe that a video can receive 100% thumbs up. It will automatically add negative in a certain proportion to the number of thumbs up that's the algorithm they don't believe that everybody would like the video. I have also seen it say that there were zero views but five likes that one was really bizarre I don't know how it did that so I don't think the algorithm is very well written or well in itself if it's AI.

Very low volume...

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Love sir Nicholas winton forever

Its hard to look at skeleton dead humans piled like garbage,etc all the pics of war2.They unleash whithin us a feeling of shame ,because we remember the same species that perpertrated this crimew,but if you feel uncomfortable that is good,if we ever feel comfortable if ever feel easy,then something deeply and profoundly moral within our own humanity has been shattered and lost. We must never forget the victims.I get very angry on those with predidice in their hearts for other humans.They don't have the fear of God.Love to see them in the shoes of the victims then see how they can spit out words of hatred."If you love God then love man because in man is the image of God"Abdulbaha.

Truus Wijsmuller rescued 10000 Jewish children to England.

The atrocities committed by the Nazi to the Jews are too heart wrenching to follow through listening to the survivors stories.

Question if Moses was born in Africa on the river Nile and raised by pharaoh’s daughter in an blk African kingdom. Who are these people??..

I was born in 1930 in Cardiff, South Wales. We had Jewish friends who bought us the Jewish 15:20 Chronicle to read the news in 1936 what the Germans were doing to the Jewish people. No! my Mother said “the Germans are good they would not do that!” What followed is dreadful history!

English people are not huggers it must be something to do with keeping " a stiff upper lip".

Rip 🕎

It’s hard to imagine just how hard it was for the Jews in Germany.

Kindertransport; nie gehört, what a disaster.

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What a crappy documentary.