On Tuesday 1st of February we went to Liverpool Town Hall to hear the stories of 3 people who escaped from Nazi persecution.

Kay Fine was from Germany and Guido Alis and Hana Eardley escaped from Czechoslovakia. They told us what it was like for them living under Nazi control during World War 2. They were all children when the Nazis ruled and they all came out from their countries in the kindertransport. It was the biggest group of people they had had for the past few years and there were pupils from many primary and secondary schools.

What they told us was very interesting but very emotional. Guido was the first to talk, telling us how his father had guessed what the troubles that were going to happen so he saved up enough money so that the family could move to England where it would be safer.

Kay told us about her childhood and about her parents, Hugo and Gretle Klein who applied for the permits for Kay and her 3 brothers and sister could come to Britain. Kay told us about her father's work and how it was affected by the Nazis picking on Jewish people. Kay found out that all of the family left in Europe were murdered by the Nazis. Between 1939 and 1942 the children received some letters from their parents but they were only allowed to be 25 words long.

Many years later she was told of a letter written by her father and mother telling them of what life was like under Nazi rule for the Jewish population and that her parents realised that they would never see their children again. This was very moving. 15 members of Kay's family were murdered. All of the speakers saw the train journey they were taking as a bit of an adventure. They had no idea that they would never see their parents or families again. Hana was told it was a chance to meet new people and learn English. They found English people very welcoming and friendly and they all learned English very quickly.

We were all sad to hear their stories. We felt very upset. A few of us found we had tears running down our faces especially when they mentioned the loss of their parents, families and friends. The afternoon was very interesting and we learned lot about the holocaust.