Kindertransport, Helga Wertheimer
1939 June 28, Front side - Tag from Helga Wertheimer, a child refugee who was saved during a Kindertransport.
Tan tag with beige yarn twine tied in a loop and fixed through a metal rivet at the top center of the tag. At the top edge, cursive and printed handwriting in English using black ink is present. The handwriting reads, "Ticket from RED CROSS 1939 / round my neck as a child Refugee." At the top right corner, the date 1939 appears. At the center the number #6165 in hand-painted red ink is present.
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Kindertransport, Helga WertheimerEntry/Object ID
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1939 June 28, tag from Helga Wertheimer, a child refugee who was saved during a Kindertransport.Context
Context taken from F4_I.2_P11.1: In hopes of finding a safe haven for children, one path was to petition the Fürsoge-Zentrale der Israelitischen Kultusgemeinde Wien Auswanderungsabteilung (the Emigration Department of the Welfare Center of the Jewish Community of Vienna). The Jewish Community of Vienna had initially been shut down by the Nazis during the Anschluss, but was reopened in May 1938 and forced by the Gestapo to organize the emigration of Jews including Kindertransports. By January 1939, the Emigration Department had received 43,336 applicants with 74,643 dependents. Helga Wertheimer Bellenger was such a dependent. She was taken in by the Joseph Powell Bland family, living in Kidderminster, England. The Bland family were Christadelphians, a small Christian denomination that are distinguished theologically by their rejection of the doctrine of the Trinity. They see themselves as having a religion that is very much in harmony with Judaism. Despite their modest numbers, Christadelphians sponsored approximately 250 of the 10,000 children who went to Great Britain via the Kindertransport.Collection
KindertransportCategory
Tag