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KLV children from Berlin in Glatz during a geography lesson, October 1940. The evacuation of children in Germany during the World War II was designed to save children in Nazi Germany from the risks associated with the aerial bombing of cities, by moving them to areas thought to be less at risk.
The children were selected by Jewish organisations in Germany and placed in foster homes and orphanages in Sweden. [26] Initially the children came mainly from Germany and Austria (part of the Greater Reich after Anschluss). From 15 March 1939, with the German occupation of Czechoslovakia, transports from Prague were hastily organised.
Evacuees fleeing Hurricane Rita in Texas, United States. This list of mass evacuations includes emergency evacuations of a large number of people in a short period of time. An emergency evacuation is the movement of persons from a dangerous place due to the threat or occurrence of a disastrous event whether from natural or man made causes, or as the result of war
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[1] [9] The children received a formal reception upon arrival at the airport. [1] There, they would have been required to complete entry formalities and undergo medical inspections. [1] [b] They were met by W. A. Leon, of the movement for the care of children from Germany. [9] Also meeting the children were the Davidsons, who took them by bus ...
World War II evacuation and expulsion, an overview of the major forced migrations Forced migration of Poles , Ukrainians , Belarusians , and Russians to Germany as forced labour Forced migration of Jews to Nazi concentration camps in the General Government .
Germany's Cabinet on Wednesday approved plans to reduce a one-year minimum sentence for spreading child sexual abuse images, changing a rule that was introduced less than three years ago but ...
Israeli authorities say 68 people — 19 sick or wounded children plus their companions — have been allowed out of the Gaza Strip and into Egypt in the first medical evacuation since May, when ...