Kindertransport
Introduction
It is a common believe among most societies that in times of war or conflict, women and children suffer the most. More often than not, they account for the lion’s share of civilian casualties. In order to understand the subject of Kindertransport, it is imperative to evaluate it within the context of the particular conflict that necessitated it occurrence; the Second World War, which began in 1939 and lasted up to 1945. In essence, Kindertransport implies child transport, according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (2014). As the USHMM (2014) continues to assert, Kindertransport reflects the efforts undertaken by the British government to bring thousands of Jewish refugee children out of Nazi Germany and other parts of Europe such as Austria and Czechoslovakia which under Hitler’s control. The Kindertransports were necessitated mainly by the Kristallnacht or the “night of broken glass” visited by Nazi forces on German Jews. …show more content…
In this regard, it is imperative to paint a precise picture of the state of Nazi Germany during this time and the factors that promoted the persecution of Jews. According to Harding (2008, p.2), after the collapse of the first world war of 1914-1918, the National Socialist Party of the Nazis, led by Hitler, ascended into power, with Hitler becoming Reich Chancellor in 1933. Immediately he set out to destroy all of society’s classes that were inherently Jewish, communist, or socialist. To this effect, Hitler set out a campaign of propaganda based on racist inclination that suggested the superiority of other ethnicities that characterized the German population. In essence, there is no better literary work that defines the attitude of Hitler and Nazis towards other races, especially the Jews, that of philosopher Martin Buber, who lived and experienced the effects of the
Introduction
It is a common believe among most societies that in times of war or conflict, women and children suffer the most. More often than not, they account for the lion’s share of civilian casualties. In order to understand the subject of Kindertransport, it is imperative to evaluate it within the context of the particular conflict that necessitated it occurrence; the Second World War, which began in 1939 and lasted up to 1945. In essence, Kindertransport implies child transport, according to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (2014). As the USHMM (2014) continues to assert, Kindertransport reflects the efforts undertaken by the British government to bring thousands of Jewish refugee children out of Nazi Germany and other parts of Europe such as Austria and Czechoslovakia which under Hitler’s control. The Kindertransports were necessitated mainly by the Kristallnacht or the “night of broken glass” visited by Nazi forces on German Jews. …show more content…
In this regard, it is imperative to paint a precise picture of the state of Nazi Germany during this time and the factors that promoted the persecution of Jews. According to Harding (2008, p.2), after the collapse of the first world war of 1914-1918, the National Socialist Party of the Nazis, led by Hitler, ascended into power, with Hitler becoming Reich Chancellor in 1933. Immediately he set out to destroy all of society’s classes that were inherently Jewish, communist, or socialist. To this effect, Hitler set out a campaign of propaganda based on racist inclination that suggested the superiority of other ethnicities that characterized the German population. In essence, there is no better literary work that defines the attitude of Hitler and Nazis towards other races, especially the Jews, that of philosopher Martin Buber, who lived and experienced the effects of the