Kindertransport - Notable People Saved

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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