1_17: Renata Laxova
c.1940s-1950s, Front side - Letter from Renata Laxova to her parents.
White paper with cursive handwriting in English using black ink. At the top right, a colored printed illustration depicting a girl with a red jacket and straw hat holding a plate and marching to the left. A brown dog walks in front of her with a rose in its mouth. A teddy bear and miniature toy man walk behind her carrying objects.
Name/Title
1_17: Renata LaxovaEntry/Object ID
2019.1.17Scope and Content
c.1940s-1950s, letter from Renata Laxova to her parents.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
Renata LaxovaCategory
Letter
Philatelic Material