1_11: Renata Laxova
1940 July 31, Front side - Telegram to Harry Daniels and Renata Laxova from Renata's relatives.
Tan telegraph with printed text and outline in English using black ink. Typed text in English using black ink is present as well. At the bottom right, an overprint stamp in red ink reads, "WESTERN UNION". At the top center, an individual's signature in black ink.
Name/Title
1_11: Renata LaxovaEntry/Object ID
2019.1.11Scope and Content
1940 July 31, telegram to Harry Daniels and Renata Laxova from Renata's relatives.Context
Partial excerpt taken from exhibit page F4_1.1_P15.3: Renata (Polgarova) Laxova was born an only child on July 15, 1931 in Brno, Czechoslovakia. When she was eight years old, her parents sent her alone on a train bound for England to escape Nazi occupation. She arrived in England on August 2, 1939 as a child refugee and spent the war with the Quaker family of Harry and Edna Daniels. Renata survived the Holocaust thanks to Sir Nicholas Winton and the “Children’s Section” of the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia, which rescued at least 669 Czech children – most of them Jewish – on so-called “kindertransports.” Renata was on the last transport to arrive safely.Collection
KindertransportCategory
Telegram
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