In 2016 Jessica Verhagen found a travel diary written by the grandfather she never knew. The diary described the history - never talked about in the family - of a children's transport her grandfather had led during the war.
Her research into what happened to the little children of the transport was turned into a book Forgotten Children,that has been translated into English and now even into a film !
The book and the movie are about the desperate journey of 45 famished children in two barges from Reeuwijk in the west by way of the IJsselmeer to Drenthe in the north-east during the war, in March 1945. Their lives were saved by this.
Deze kinderen-van-toen gaven steeds aan dat zij zich vergeten voelden, door Nederland, door de geschiedenis. Dat komt ook omdat bij herdenkingen er tot 2016 nooit aandacht was voor de kindertransporten, terwijl ruim 40.000 kinderen op deze manier in de oorlog zijn gered.
On this site you'll find more information about book, the movie and you will see photos taken during the filming. And you can ask questions or tell your own story als u dat wilt. Als u het hele verhaal wilt weten is de “routekaart” een goede plek om te beginnen: klik op de route en het wordt u verteld in de woorden van “dominee”.
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