Notable People Saved
A number of children saved by the Kindertransports went on to become prominent figures in public life. These include:
- Frank Auerbach (from Germany), British painter
- Gretel Beer (from Austria) British cookbook author
- Leslie Brent (from Germany), British immunologist
- Rolf Decker (from Germany), American professional, Olympic and international footballer
- Alfred Dubs, Baron Dubs (from Czechoslovakia), British politician.
- Susan Einzig (from Germany), Book Illustrator
- Vera Gissing (from Czechoslovakia) British author
- John Grenville (from Germany), British historian.
- Eva Hesse (from Germany), American artist.
- Hans Jacobus (from Germany), German journalist
- Walter Kaufmann (from Germany) Australian and German author.
- Walter Kohn (from Austria), American physicist and Nobel laureate.
- George Kovacs (from Austria), American Innovator in Lighting Fixture design.
- Frank Meisler (from Danzig), architect and sculptor
- Gustav Metzger (from Germany), Stateless artist and political activist.
- Ruth Morley, nee Birnholz (from Austria), American costume designer for film and theater. Created the "Annie Hall look".
- Otto Newman (from Austria), British sociologist.
- Hanna Peiser (from Danzig), Israeli sculptor and artist.
- Arno Penzias (from Germany), American physicist and Nobel laureate.
- Sir Erich Reich (from Austria), British entrepreneur.
- Karel Reisz (from Czechoslovakia), British film director.
- Joe Schlesinger, CM (from Austria), Canadian journalist and author.
- Lore Segal (from Austria), American novelist, translator, teacher, and author of children’s books. Her adult book In Other People's Houses describes her own knocked-from-house-to-house experiences.
- Dame Stephanie "Steve" Shirley (from Germany), British businesswoman and philanthropist.
- Michael Steinberg, (from Breslau, Germany -- now Wrocław, Poland), American music critic
- Sir Guenter Treitel (from Germany), British law scholar.
- Hanuš Weber (from Czechoslovakia), Swedish TV producer
- Kurt Weiler (from Germany), Producer animated cartoons (DEFA)
- Dr. Ruth Westheimer (from Austria) American therapist and sex expert
- Lily Renee Willhelm
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