Research and Discovery
The very "existence" of the remarkable story of The One Thousand Children was discovered by Iris Posner in 2000. Posner was intrigued by the question of whether there was an American kindertransport effort. Posner and Leonore Moskowitz researched ship manifests and other documents, and originally found the names of approximately one thousand children, (hence the name), of whome they then managed to locate about 500 still alive. Since that time, they have found the names of about 400 more, so thus they have identified a total of about 1400. Soon after, Posner and Moskowitz jointly founded the organization The One Thousand Children.
Posner and Moskowitz, under the aegis of their organization "The One Thousand Children" organized a three-day International OTC Conference and Reunion in Chicago in 2002. Approximately 200 attendees had the opportunity to listen and interact with over 50 speakers drawn from OTC children, their children and grandchildren and foster family members and other rescuers.
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