Kindertransport - The Arrival
Kindertransport - The Arrival is the title of a bronze sculpture by the sculptor Frank Meisler .
The sculpture of bronze was in 2006 on the initiative of Prince Charles in front of the Liverpool Street Station in London set up and is reminiscent of the Kindertransport German children, according to the Nuremberg Laws as Jews were. They were brought to Great Britain from the German Reich or from countries threatened by it and arrived at Liverpool Street Station , among other places .
Corresponding monuments
In addition to London, there are corresponding sculptures by Meisler at other Kindertransport train stations :
- Berlin : The monument with the title Trains to Life - Trains to Death: 1938–1939 was inaugurated in 2008 at Berlin Friedrichstrasse station in Berlin .
- Gdansk At the request of Gdansk Mayor Paweł Adamowicz , Meisler designed the sculpture Kindertransport - The Departure in 2009 , which commemorates 124 children who left there and was placed in front of the Gdańsk Główny train station .
- Hoek van Holland , Rotterdam: In 2011 the Kindertransport - Channel Crossing to Life memorial was erectedfor the rescued Jewish children.
- Hamburg : In front of the Hamburg Dammtor train station , the Kindertransport - The Last Farewell memorial has been located since May 2015 . It was financed entirely from private funds and was inaugurated by Mayor Olaf Scholz .
Meisler's groups of sculptures, which have since become the European route of the Kindertransporte , show similarities and different design details.
Kindertransport - The last farewell Hamburg-Dammtor | Kindertransport - Departure Gdańsk Główny Railway Station | Trains to Life - Trains to Death: 1938–1939 Berlin Bahnhof Friedrichstrasse | Kindertransport - Channel Crossing to Life Hoek van Holland | Kindertransport - arriving at Liverpool Street Station
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Coordinates: 51 ° 31 '3.3 " N , 0 ° 4' 57.3" W.