1_31: Renata Laxova
1939, Front side - List from the British Committee for Children in Prague addressed to Renata.
Tan paper with printed text in German and English using black ink. Printed handwriting in German using black ink is present.
Name/Title
1_31: Renata LaxovaEntry/Object ID
2019.1.31Scope and Content
1939, list from the British Committee for Children in Prague addressed to Renata.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