Kindertransports were the most famous types of rescue because they brought about 400,000 children to safety. Before the war broke out about 10,000 children escaped. The kids were the only ones in their whole family to survive. The last transport was on May 14, 1940. The last transport was bombed on its way to safety with 1,000 children the day before Holland surrendered.
The first transport left on December 2, 1938. It was headed toward England with about 200 children on the transport. The Transports left only from major cities. They only carried chilren no parents or adults, some babies came on with children carring them. The children who were on the transports their families and parents died in the holocaust. This mission started 9 months before the war broke out. The children on the transports got sent to safe homes and families in different countries.Most of the kids were transported on boats very quickly. The young children that were transported got very scared quickly.
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