The Independent - London, November 20th, 2000
As a Jewish child living in Germany in 1939, Sylva Oppenheimer was sent by her parents to safety in England. She never saw them again. Her daughter, Deborah, has made a film and written a book about the Kindertransport scheme, which was unique to the UK. Deborah, a television producer, lives in Los Angeles; her father, Eric, 76, a retired ironmonger, lives with his second wife in New York
Deborah
My mother came to England just after her 11th birthday. I don't think she ever completely got over it. She never talked about it. We only knew scant fragments - that she was in contact with one of t...
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