Haviv Rettig Gur
When you read this heartbreaking testimony, remember that Britain, even as it took Ruth in, wouldn’t let her parents join her. Britain’s most famous act of charity was also a cruel and deliberate orphaning of these children. Even these rare moments of kindness show why it is immoral to rely on such kindness.
AJR Refugee Voices Archive
Ruth Jackson came to Britain on a 1939 #Kindertransport & attended Red Oaks boarding school. "I was led upstairs to an empty dormitory & told that the very end bed was mine & I should have a bath & come down to tea. I felt miserable. It was empty & cold & horrid-looking…" 1/22
