![Jewish refugee children—part of a Children's Transport (Kindertransport)—from Vienna, Austria, arrive at Harwich. [LCID: 73340]](https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/images/large/17debf1a-3380-4aa5-90a4-d26d3c57617c.jpeg)
Jewish refugee children from Vienna arrive in Harwich, England. These children came to the United Kingdom on a Kindertransport (children's transport). The Kindertransports were a coordinated relief effort that helped Jewish children escape Nazi Germany and come to the United Kingdom in 1938–1939. United Kingdom, December 12, 1938.
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