Why was the Kindertransport significant? What were the life threatening consequences the children faced? What were the challenges? Kindertransport was a system where they tried to remove children from persecution, saved children from life threatening situations, and they faced many challenges along the way. The Kindertransport program was an attempt to save Jewish children from the Nazi persecution that was happening in their country. This program saved 10,00 children from death, although it couldn’t save the other one and a half million children that died. After the concentration camps were liberated, the children soon came to find that most of their family members didn’t make it. 90% of the kinder’s families died in the camps due to harsh treatment and sickness. As Albert Einstein once stated “The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” Once the British found out about the Jew’s persecution, they knew that they needed to help somehow. That is how the Kindertransport program came to place.…show more content… The parents had to make the decision of sending their children away to safety, not knowing when they will reunite. They knew that they must do anything and everything they could so their child would have a chance surviving the terrible persecution. As soon as the children were placed in their temporary foster families they came to find that not many of the families spoke their language. It was often hard to communicate, therefore the children often felt alone with no one to talk to. The children were physically and emotionally scarred and they had to live with the reminder of what happened during their
