‘I owe my life to England!’ Exhibition pays tribute to Britons who helped Jews escape Holocaust in World War II

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An exhibition which celebrates the everyday Britons who helped those fleeing the Holocaust during the Second World War has opened in London.Swiss Cottage Library, in North West London, opened its Between Life and Death exhibition to retell the stories of ordinary people who supported Jewish people fleeing the Nazis across Germany and the occupied nations.

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Among the stories were children who were saved by the Kindertransport, a humanitarian mission which brought nearly 10,000 young Jews from Nazi-controlled territories to Britain between 1938 to 1940.One of those children, 91-year-old Ruth Barnett MBE, told GB News she "owed" her life to England for saving her from the Holocaust.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Mrs Barnett (then Michaelis) was transported from Germany to Britain in 1939.She was just four years old at the time, with her seven-year-old brother Martin also being rescued.The exhibition retold the story of Eva Paddock, who, like Mrs Barnett, was taken to Britain via the...

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