Channel Crossing to Life - Zuid-Holland, The Netherlands
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N 51° 58.733 E 004° 07.168
31U E 576887 N 5759281
This sculpture is dedicated to the people of Holland and the United Kingdom who saved these children from certain death.
Waymark Code: WMKYH6
Location: Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Date Posted: 06/15/2014
Views: 14
Between 1938 and the outbreak of the War 10,000 mainly Jewish children from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia,
were permitted to enter England without their paretns and escape Nazi persecution.
Most crossed the channel from the Hoek of Holland to Harwich.
Their journey was aided by the Dutch Government and Dutch volunteers.
This sculpture is dedicated to the people of Holland and the United Kingdom who saved these children from certain death.
Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Channel crissing to life
Figure Type: Human
Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Frank Meisler
Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 2011
Materials used: stone
Location: Park, close to the sea and railway station
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