Escaping the Nazis: The Untold Story of the Kindertransport From Someone Who Was On The Train

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In the months prior to the Holocaust, 10,000 children left their parents and escaped the Nazis on the Kindertransport, a series of train rides to safe havens in Europe where good Samaritans took them in. One of those kids was 7-year-old Manny Korman who, along with his brother, made it to England and eventually to the United States. Korman will share his experience during those years away from his family, and the long journey it took to be reunited with his parents. Korman will be joined on the panel by Jason Camis, the grandson of another Kindertransport survivor, in a conversation moderated by journalist Benyamin Cohen.

Manfred Korman was born in Hamburg, Germany, in December 1931. He attended the Talmud Torah School for Kindergarten and in October 1938, was deported, with his family, to Poland. In August 1939, after being selected for the Kindertransport program, Korman left Poland and arrived in England just prior to the German declaration of war on Sept. 1, 1939. He left England on Sept. 1, 1939 and arrived in New York on Sept. 10, 1939. Korman attended the New York City school system, graduating from Thomas Jefferson High School in June 1945. After graduating from Queens College, he was drafted into the Army and served for nearly two years. His teaching career began in 1956, and he retired as a principal of a junior high school in 1995.

Jason E. Camis is the grandson of the late Ilse Camis (Gross), a Kindertransport survivor from Vienna, Austria. Jason shares Ilse’s story as a Holocaust survivor in order to educate people on the positive impact of immigration. Jason is a non-traditional Jew, residing in rural Kansas with his wife and two daughters. He serves on the board of the Kindertransport Association, a nonprofit dedicated to the support of Kindertransport survivors and education about the Holocaust, and professionally is the Executive Director of Sertoma International, one of the oldest service organizations in the United States, based in Kansas City. He has a MS from Michigan State University and BS from Eastern Michigan University, Email: jason@kindertransport.org

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