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Amy Williams

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AI and the Kindertransport: The stories behind the photos

AI and the Kindertransport: The stories behind the photos

Imagine a row of German officials or Gestapo guards standing in front of a steam train to the left, little Jewish children with suitcases and teddies...

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The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Amy Williams

The Trans-Siberian Kindertransport: From Austria to Russia, Japan, and America

Hiroshi Suzuki, the Japanese Ambassador to the UK, has shown his affection for British culture through his endearing bond with one of Britain’s most...

29.04.2026 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Amy Williams

Holidaymakers and the Kindertransport

Some British holidaymakers in late 1938 and 1939 must have seen the Kindertransports arrive in Harwich. After recently receiving a postcard of...

10.04.2026 40

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Amy Williams

What was the Kindertransport? Part Two: Deportation

In the first part of this blog, we focused on the use of the term Kindertransport to mean rescue more broadly from 1934-1942. When the British...

27.02.2026 60

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Amy Williams

What was the Kindertransport? Part One: Rescue

When we ask ourselves today “what is the Kindertransport” we often impose our limited present day understanding onto this historical term and...

26.02.2026 60

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Amy Williams

A visiting scholar in an Israel at war

14.06.2025 70

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Amy Williams

Why is Britain’s Kindertransport memorial treated so appallingly?

09.05.2025 40

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Amy Williams

Yom HaShoah and the Empty Yellow Chair

27.04.2025 40

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Amy Williams

Why is it so controversial that the Auschwitz Museum confiscated hostage flags?

28.02.2025 50

The Times of Israel (Blogs)

Amy Williams