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Took this image today while on a city walkabout.. Hope Square is dedicated to the Children of the Kindertransport, who found hope and safety in Britain through the gateway of Liverpool Street Station. Association of Jewish Refugees, Central British Fund for World Jewish Relief, 2006.

On a plaque behind the statues Children of the Kindertransport In gratitude to the people of Britain for saving the lives of 10,000 unaccompanied mainly Jewish children who fled from Nazi persecution in 1938 and 1939. "Whosoever rescues a single soul is credited as thought they had saved the whole world." Talmud

To the sides of the statues are 16 bronze blocks carry place-names Cologne, Hanover, Nuremberg, Stuttgart, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Bremen, Munich, Danzig, Breslau, Prague, Hamburg, Mannheim, Leipzig, Berlin, Vienna

On a plaque attached to the railway track behind the statues Frank Meisler, Arie Ovadia, 2006 The sculptor, Meisler was one of the children saved.

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Date Taken on 1 February 2023, 12:07
Source "Children of the Kindertransport" @ Hope Square, Liverpool Street Station, London
Author Loco Steve from Bromley , UK
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Camera location51° 31′ 04.31″ N, 0° 04′ 52.81″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Loco Steve at https://flickr.com/photos/36989019@N08/52664074523. It was reviewed on 6 February 2023 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-sa-2.0.

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