Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture 2026

For this year's Holocaust Memorial Day Lecture, Dr Amy Williams will speak on 'Kindertransport: New Discoveries, or Rethinking the Kindertransport 87 Years On…'.

In October 2024, Dr Amy Williams discovered never seen before Kindertransport lists at Yad Vashem. She also worked with staff at the National Library of Israel to go through its collection of Austrian lists and other files.

Since then, she has visited archives across Europe, including those in the Netherlands, the Czech Republic, and Belgium to seek out other lists, case files, and committee documents connected to this international rescue operation.

In this lecture, Amy will speak about her discoveries and how they will be presented in her new co-authored book with Prof. Bill Niven for Yale University (2027) as well as a new Association of Jewish Refugees Kindertransport database (2028).

About the speaker

Dr Amy Williams is Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR) Kindertransport scholar in residence.

More information

This event is presented by the Centre for Jewish Studies, University of Leeds, in association with and with support from the Association of Jewish Refugees (AJR). For more information, please email Eva Frojmovic at [email protected].

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From left: Kindertransport tag of Hannah Zack Miley (Cologne, Germany, 24 July, 1939); Photo of Amy Williams. Photos used with permission.