Week 2

It never ceases to amaze me the strange and incredible opportunities life can bring you. I had the opportunity to talk with a Kindertransport child (now at the ripe old age of 89) and share in his experiences and struggles of living through and ultimately escaping the Holocaust. Throughout his life he has managed to keep a positive outlook and even brought us Lebkuchen cookies! After reading the article on children with a similar background I was very curious to know if Ed had been reunited with his family (aside from his brother.) He told me that although he was later reunited with members of his family, that he does have one particularly painful memory of getting off the Kindertransport in hopes of meeting his grandmother on the platform but she never showed up. I can only imagine the heartbreak and confusion he must have felt as he waited for her in this new and foreign country having just left his parents behind at the age of 13.