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About 'norwich university'|Dr. Nicholas Pervushin, Director of the Russian School of Norwich University







About 'norwich university'|Dr. Nicholas Pervushin, Director of the Russian School of Norwich University








               While               the               Kindertransport               of               1938               -               1939,               saved               Ten               Thousand               Jewish               Children,               it               was               the               catalyst               that               took               them               away               from               their               Jewish               identities               and               forced               them               to               adjust               to               a               new               country,               language               and               culture.

These               transported               children               experienced               the               same               abrupt               separation               from               family,               and               friends.

Everything               familiar               faded               with               every               passing               turn               of               the               transport               wheels.

The               further               they               traveled               from               the               dangers               of               Hitler,               the               more               distanced               they               became               from               the               very               culture               that               made               them               Hitler's               targets.

The               transport               idea,               according               to               the               introduction               of               the               play,               "Kindertransport",               by               Samuels,               was               formed               by,               "the               Movement               for               the               Care               of               Children               from               Germany               ",               (pg               1)               immediately               following               the               "Kristallnacht",               otherwise               known               as               the               night               of               broken               glass,               which               was               a               "Nazi               pogrom"               (pg               1).

Kristallnacht               had               a               clear               purpose               to               persecute               Jews.

I               learned               of               this               event               from               a               book,               ""Kindertransport",               by               Drucker,               Olga               Levy.

She               explains               that,               "There               was               so               much               broken               glass               lying               in               the               streets               that               it               was               hard               to               walk               about.

That               is               why               that               night               was               later               called               Kristallnacht,               Crystal               Night.

The               Night               of               Broken               Glass."               (Pg               28).

The               transport               was               designed               to               save               the               children,               by               bringing               them               out               of               Hitler's               Germany               and               into               Great               Britain.

The               unintentional               result               of               the               transport               was               that               in               Great               Britain               the               children               had               to               learn               a               new               language,               customs               and               religion               in               order               to               survive.

The               transport               saved               these               Jewish               children,               at               the               cost               of               the               very               things               that               they               were               being               persecuted               for               -               the               things               that               identified               them               as               Jews,               their               religious               practices               and               cultural               traditions.

The               children               found               themselves               in               an               identity               crisis.
               As               Hitler's               regime               grew               more               powerful,               he               threatened               neighboring               countries.

The               transports               increased               in               an               effort               to               save               as               many               children               as               possible.

Most               who               learned               of               the               atrocities               inflicted               upon               the               Jewish               people               of               Germany,               Austria,               and               Czechoslovakia               were               horrified               by               news               of               the               beatings,               and               the               killings.

In               a               book,               "Ten               Thousand               Children",               I               read               about               how,               "Hitler               planned               to               destroy               all               the               Jews               in               Europe,               and               that               eventually               six               million               Jews               -               over               one               and               a               half               million               of               them               children               -               would               die               in               the               period               of               history               that               has               come               to               be               known               as               the               Holocaust"               (pg.

8).
               To               save               their               children,               parents               who               heard               of               the               Kindertransport,               allowed               them               to               be               taken               by               train               to               Great               Britain,               where               they               would               be               cared               for               by               British               families,               or               by               relatives               living               in               Great               Britain.

Children               were               also               cared               for               in               hostels               or               work               farms.

The               Kindertransport               was               seen               as               the               only               way               to               save               the               lives               of               these               Jewish               children.

The               parents               themselves               were               hoping               to               follow               by               securing               visa's               to               work               in               Great               Britain.

The               children               could               not               have               known               for               sure               just               how               long               they               would               be               separated               from               their               families               or               if               they               would               ever               be               returning               to               their               homelands.

The               Kindertransport               may               have               physically               removed               children               from               direct               physical               harm,               but               by               being               transported               away               from               their               families               and               out               of               their               homelands,               the               transport               brought               them               into               a               strange               country,               to               people               with               unfamiliar               customs               and               foods               and               who               spoke               a               strange               language.
               Upon               arrival               in               Great               Britain,               life               changed               for               the               Kinders.

British               families               chose               to               foster               because               they               heard               of               the               plight               of               the               Jewish               children               and               agreed               to               take               on               one               or               two               children               to               care               for               them               in               their               homes.

It               seemed               foster               families               had               many               reasons               to               agree               to               care               for               these               children.

Some               were               couples               unable               to               have               their               own               biological               child               and               saw               this               chance               to               have               one.

Others               wanted               domestic               help               and               selected               an               older               child               who               could               do               farm               work,               household               chores,               or               be               a               nanny               to               their               own               young               children.

In               this               excerpt               from               the               book,               "Into               The               Arms               Of               Strangers"               the               author               is               making               it               clear               that               British               Jews               regarded               the               German               Jews               in               distain,               "There               was               little               sensitivity               towards               the               cultural               and               religious               needs               of               the               children.

Jews               in               Britain               who               originally               hailed               from               Poland               and               Russia               remembered               that               their               German               co-religionists               once               looked               down               upon               them:               they               relished               the               reversal               of               fortunes.

Instead               of               respecting               the               emotional               trauma               and               cultural               disorientation               the               children               were               experiencing,               foster               families               often               disparaged               and               erased               the               youngsters'               German-Jewish               heritage.
               A               few,               mainly               the               youngest,               were               given               new               names,               new               identities               &               even               a               new               religion"               (Bloomsbury,               2000).


               Not               only               could               the               children               not               understand               English,               the               people               of               Britain,               could               not               understand               what               the               Kinders               spoke.

Communication               between               the               rescuers               and               the               children               was               unspoken               language               of               gesture               and               tone               of               voice.

The               children,               once               surrounded               by               loving               families,               familiar               surroundings               and               customs               found               themselves               in               a               cold,               wet               land,               cared               for               by               strangers               who               did               not               speak               the               same               language.

What               we               take               for               granted               in               our               daily               lives,               food               we               eat,               words               we               use               to               communicate               with,               where               we               sleep,               our               daily               routines               were               now               all               different               for               these               children.

They               must               have               been               so               confused,               scared,               and               bewildered.

They               could               not               even               ask               questions               about               their               strange               surroundings               as               no               one               could               speak               their               language.
               The               book,               "The               Children               of               Willesden               Lane",               illustrates               this,               as               the               authors               write,               "It               reminded               her               of               the               tale               that               the               old               storyteller               who               used               to               visit               in               on               Shabbes               had               told               about               the               Tower               of               Babel               -               about               the               arrogance               of               mankind               wanting               to               build               a               tower               so               tall               that               it               would               reach               all               the               way               to               heaven               -               and               how               God               had               punished               man               by               making               him               speak               in               different               languages               so               people               wouldn't               understand               each               other.

Yes,               someone               was               punishing               them,               she               thought.

She               just               wished               she               could               understand               why"               (Pg               45,               46).

I               have               no               difficulty               seeing               the               image               of               children               being               surrounded               by               adults               talking               like               those               from               the               Tower               of               Babel.

The               need               to               know               what               they               were               saying               must               have               been               so               powerful.

Equally               so,               was               the               need               to               be               understood.
               How               did               the               children               express               to               the               adults               the               need               to               go               to               the               bathroom,               or               to               make               them               understand               when               they               were               hungry?

A               baby               would               surely               have               no               need               for               words,               as               crying,               and               giving               physical               signs               of               these               needs               would               be               adequate               to               be               understood,               but               children               would               not               be               understood               solely               by               non-verbal               communication.

I               imagine               the               very               young,               normally               reliant               on               familiar               daily               routine,               to               feel               disoriented,               as               if               their               very               existence               was               somehow               altered               like               a               giant               jigsaw               puzzle               thrown               in               the               air               and               scattered               all               around.

In               order               to               understand               what               was               expected               of               them,               they               had               to               first               learn               what               was               being               spoken               to               them.

In               many               cases,               they               had               to               learn               the               English               language               as               they               stumbled               thru               their               daily               routines.

The               children               perhaps               used               repetition               of               sound               followed               by               action,               to               comprehend,               until               the               children               were               introduced               to               some               form               of               formal               schooling,               to               learn               English.

Once               they               mastered               the               spoken               and               written               word,               communicating               needs               became               easier.
               A               major               concern,               especially               of               those               old               enough               to               understand               why               they               were               taken               away               from               their               homes,               had               to               be               for               those               they               left               behind.

As               children               are               naturally               aware               of               the               existence               of               illness,               death               and               separation,               especially               given               the               situation.

They               would               have               most               likely               been               very               keenly               aware               of               the               danger               that               their               loved               ones               back               in               their               homelands               were               facing.

Now               that               they               could               communicate               with               those               caring               for               them,               they               could               ask               questions,               seek               assistance               in               bringing               family               members               out               of               Hitler's               grasp.
               The               children               had               many               things               to               cope               with               emotionally.

They               had               to               cope               with               a               strange               and               different               world,               at               a               time               when               they               were               still               emotionally               attached               to               parents,               and               some               were               old               enough               to               realize               their               parents               were               still               in               danger.

The               children               worried               about               what               would               happen               to               their               loved               ones,               would               they               be               safe,               or               beaten,               as               they               had               witnessed               before?

Would               their               parents               survive               Hitler's               regime?

The               children               caught               between               their               old               and               new               identities,               struggled.

They               came               to               rely               on               the               British               families               who               took               them               in               for               day-to-day               survival,               warmth,               food,               and               shelter.

They               needed               to               conform               to               British               life,               while               trying               to               remember               those               they               loved               and               had               left               behind.
               The               British               felt               that               they               were               saving               the               lives               of               the               children               by               taking               them               into               their               homes.

They               most               likely               thought               that               the               children               should               be               grateful               to               be               alive.

Children               old               enough               to               have               witnessed               and               understood               what               they               had               escaped               from,               were               indeed               grateful               to               be               alive,               but               they               still               had               to               have               been               struggling               with               how               to               remain,               who               they               were,               which               was               Jewish.

After               all,               being               Jewish               was               what               brought               them               to               the               transport.

It               was               their               Jewish               heritage               that               Hitler               wanted               to               obliterate.

Now               the               children               faced               losing               their               heritage               in               order               to               blend               in               to               the               ways               and               customs               of               those               who               rescued               them.
               The               Kindertransports               were               abruptly               halted               at               the               start               of               WWII.

Parents               who               desperately               tried               to               follow               their               children               to               Britain               were               caught               in               their               homelands,               looking               for               hiding               places,               or               hoping               for               daring               escape               out               of               the               country.

As               Hitler               conquered               one               European               country               after               another,               the               parents               left               behind               were               trapped               and               at               the               his               mercy.

Many               parents               lost               their               lives               in               concentration               camp               and               their               children               who               were               rescued               by               the               Kindertransport               became               orphaned.

A               few               were               lucky,               like               Kurt               Fuchel,               according               to               an               article               that               I               found               in               the               Academic               Search               Elite               database,               titled:               SAVING               THE               CHILDREN               OF               WAR,               written               by               Holly               J.

Morris,               (2000).

"My               parents               let               go               of               a               7-year-old               and               got               back               a               16-year-old,"               says               Kurt               Fuchel,               who               was               sent               from               Vienna               to               Norwich,               England,               on               the               Kindertransport".
               Reading               this               made               me               sad,               I               realized               that,               war               ended               the               hopes               of               a               temporary               separation               and               forged               a               6+-year               separation               between               the               children               of               the               Kindertransport               and               their               Jewish               families.

What               became               a               rescue               mission               was               now               a               6-year               journey               during               which               children               became               teens,               and               teens               became               adults.

The               Kinders               grew               up               away               from               their               Jewish               heritage,               adapted               to               life               in               England.

They               had               to               learn               English,               so               that               they               could               communicate               with               those               they               lived               with               in               foster               homes,               schools,               hostels,               and               on               work               farms.

English               became               their               language,               and               their               old               language               forgotten.

Prior               to               the               transport,               the               children               grew               up               in               neighborhoods               where               synagogues               were               a               vital               part               of               their               city               life.

The               children               learned               about               and               participated               in               Jewish               customs               handed               down               from               generation               to               generation.

These               traditions               gave               them               a               sense               of               belonging,               a               sense               of               whom               they               were,               where               they               came               from.

In               England               church               meetings               replaced               synagogues.

English               customs               replaced               the               Jewish               ones.
               In               England               the               children               were               expected               to               attend               English               church               and               celebrate               English               holidays;               Christmas               instead               of               Hanukkah,               a               Christmas               tree               instead               of               the               Menorah.

Those               who               were               babies               or               too               young               to               remember               their               Jewish               upbringing,               did               not               miss               what               they               were               too               young               to               remember.

Those               who               were               five               or               older               at               the               time               of               the               transport               did               remember,               and               longed               for               familiar               traditions               and               customs               that               had               been               apart               of               their               happy               childhood               memories.

These               older               children               with               their               memories               intact               and               with               their               present               firmly               planted               in               the               English               culture               must               have               felt               like               they               had               to               become               someone               new,               in               order               to               survive.

They               had               to               leave               their               Jewish               identity               back               at               the               beginning               of               the               transport,               at               the               platforms               where               they               said               their               last               goodbyes.

The               transport               had               brought               them               to               a               place               where               Jewish               customs               and               traditions               were               not               honored,               and               the               children               were               expected               to               leave               their               Jewish               heritage               behind,               like               baggage               they               could               not               take               off               the               trains.
               To               survive               they               had               to               accept               new               identities,               a               new               language,               and               new               customs.

The               Kindertransport               allowed               them               to               physically               survive               by               separating               them               from               all               they               knew               as               Jews               and               necessity               required               them               to               adapt               to,               and               become               English.

As               the               years               went               by               and               the               war               separated               them               from               their               Jewish               culture,               the               children               were               educated               in               the               English               ways               and               as               they               grew               into               teens               and               young               adults               they               did               as               all               teens               do;               they               found               themselves               answering               the               age               old               question               -               who               am               I?

Am               I               a               Jew?

Am               I               English?

Those               who               were               under               five               were               now               young               children               with               no               memory               of               what               being               Jewish               was.

They               were               in               fact               now               English.

Those               who               were               old               enough               to               remember               what               it               was               like               to               be               Jewish               had               to               chose               their               identity.

When               the               war               ended,               the               lucky               few               who               were               reunited               with               their               Jewish               families               came               face               to               face               with               their               past               identity.

German,               Austrian,               or               Czechoslovakian               parents               found               their               children               speaking,               and               living               as               the               English               do.

Facing               their               parents               had               to               be               a               culture               shock               for               those               too               young               to               have               Jewish               memories.

The               Kindertransport,               a               humanitarian               rescue               effort,               with               the               goal               to               save               the               lives               of               those               who               were               being               persecuted               for               being               Jewish.

In               saving               the               Jewish               children               the               transport               did               more               than               transport               the               children               from               one               land               to               another,               it               brought               the               children               from               one               culture               to               another.

The               children               were               physically               saved,               but               were               culturally               stripped               of               the               very               identities               that               they               were               being               persecuted               for.
               The               children               had               two               identities,               Jewish               and               English.

It               would               be               difficult               to               locate               anyone               who               would               argue               the               point               that               the               transport               saved               the               lives               of               the               children,               it               is               at               what               cost               that               one               could               find               argument.

It               is               my               opinion               that               the               cost               was               their               identities.

The               Jewish               children               gave               up               their               original               identities               to               be               saved.

The               cost               was               the               very               thing               that               they               had               been               persecuted               for,               their               identity               -               JEW.

How               had               they               been               identified               as               being               Jewish?

I               would               say               that               they               were               identified               as               Jewish               by               what               was               particular               to               Jews,               their               religious               belief,               their               rich               Jewish               customs,               foods,               holiday               celebrations,               and               language.

The               Nazi's               had               no               trouble               identifying               who               were               Jews.

They               would               identify               them               by               putting               a               big               letter               J               on               their               passports.

There               is               a               photograph               of               a               child's               passport               clearly               showing               the               J               in               the               book,               "Ten               Thousand               Children",               (Fox,               1999,               Pg               45).

Their               Jewish               identity               was               visible,               physical               and               undeniable.

In               the               land               of               their               birth,               these               children               were               identified               clearly               by               those               who               persecuted               them.
               Their               identity               could               and               did               cost               many               Jews               their               lives.

As               a               product               of               the               transport,               the               Kinders               had               been               given               new               English               identities               as               a               necessary               part               of               their               daily               survival.

They               adapted               to               the               English               language               and               became               capable               of               being               proficient               both               verbally               and               in               written               form.

So               much               so,               that               their               first               language               German               for               many,               became               the               forgotten               language.

I               was               struck               by               the               gravity               of               this               by               the               following               passage,               taken               from               the               book,               Ten               Thousand               Children,               "               My               sister               took               me               to               Italy               to               reunite               with               our               parents.

I               really               did               not               want               to               go               there               to               live               with               them.

They               were               like               strangers               to               me;               I               could               not               remember               them.

I               had               forgotten               how               to               speak               German.

I               had               become               accustomed               to               my               life               in               England,               and               the               idea               of               living               in               another               country               frightened               me."               (Pg.123).
               There               may               be               those               who               would               argue               there               was               no               measurable               cost               that               they               were               lucky               to               be               alive               given               the               enormity               of               the               loss               of               Jewish               life               attributed               to               Hitler's               regime.

I               say               that               if               there               be               those               who               would               say               there               was               no               cost               to               the               Kinders,               that               perhaps,               they               don't               recall               their               own               experience,               witnessed               a               teen               going               thru               the               stage               where               they               question               who               they               are?

Knowing               one's               identity               is               something               everyone               to               some               degree               experiences               during               one's               life.

What               makes               up               our               identity               is               as               unique               as               our               individuality.

What               we               do               have               in               common               is               that               part               of               our               identity               lies               in               our               language,               our               daily               customs,               and               our               celebration               of               our               religious               belief.

These               three               elements               can               and               do               define               who               we               are.

When               these               three               elements               are               taken               from               us,               and               are               replaced,               whom               we               are               becomes               a               new               creation,               different               from               the               old.

Our               identity               makes               us               unique,               and               at               the               same               time               gives               us               unity               with               others               who               share               the               same               three               elements.

An               event               such               as               the               Kindertransport,               a               tool               that               saved               lives               did               indeed               become               a               catalyst               that               changed               the               very               identities               of               ten               thousand               Jewish               Children.
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