(Children of the Jews boarded trains that ran from Nov. 1938 to 1940 were transported to London to escape the Nazi’s. Many never saw their parents again. Others, whose mothers DID make it to England, were not always able to live as a family again as domestics (where most of the Jewish women found jobs) were not allowed to bring children into the homes of those for whom they worked; most of them lost their fathers. A true event.)

Kindertransport (Re: the Holocaust)
Sandra S. Corona

Hitler—more than a Prophet—God
swept Jews from the land where he trod.
Those with the Star of David
took a one way train to their doom.
Hitler, insane, turned rabid.

Everyone—his close staff—knew
of Hitler’s hatred for the Jew.
November ’38 children
took trains to London … escaped doom
but their foster homes seemed grim.

Those were dark times with little hope,
no silver clouds, some couldn’t cope.
In rural lands, early to rise
children still had worries, tears, gloom.
There were tears often in their eyes.

Some never saw Ma, Pa again.
Parents, in camps, were all has-beens.
Listen … ghosts whisper as we sleep
they’re still seeking Ma and Pa’s room.
Parents, in heaven, watch and weep.

Sacrifices let kids flourish.
Some, empty, felt merely nourished.
Ma’s empty arms still cradle, rock
in mansions above where they room.
Sacrifices of love still shock.

Kindertransport saved but a drop--
ten thousand kids. Camps took a lot
killing those with Stars of David.
Some Jews were hidden, others fought
this son of a Jew who turned rabid.

Copyright 2006 Sandra S. Corona