Writer Jana Zinser’s Blog

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Book Release Date

August 9, 2015

The Children’s Train: Escape on the Kindertransport will be released on October 26th. But you can pre-order from BQB Publishing, Amazon or Barnes & Noble.

Review of The Children’s Train

August 7, 2015

Amanda Wragg, a reviewer for Net Galley, gave The Children’s Train a 5 out of 5 star rating. “Before starting this review I would like to make mention of the author Jana Zinser’s dedication. In part it says …  The Nazis killed six million Jews. One-and-a-half million of those Jews were children. Peter and Becca represent two…

Remembering the Kindertransport

August 5, 2015

Survivors Recall Escape from Nazis as Children. USA Today

Book Review

August 4, 2015

Read Jeff Linamen’s review of The Children’s Train.

Dr. Ruth-A Kindertransport Child

July 30, 2015

Read about Dr. Ruth’s real life ride on the Kindertransport in AARP magazine!

Publication Date

July 28, 2015

The Children’s Train: Escape on the Kindertransport is available on Amazon October 26th.

Kindertransport Documentary

January 18, 2015

Check out this Academy Award Winning Documentary “Into the Arms of Strangers” http://www2.warnerbros.com/intothearmsofstrangers/

The Children’s Train: Escape on the Kindertransport Publisher

January 10, 2015

The Children’s Train: Escape on the Kindertransport is back on track! I look forward to working with Terri Leidich, Paige Duke, Alex Padalka and John Daly with BQB Publishing!

June 27, 2014

I’m so sorry to tell you that there has been a delay in publishing The Children’s Train: Escape on The Kindertransport due to company re-structuring. I apologize for the inconvenience and will provide you with news about the status of The Children’s Train after WriteLife’s re-organization. If you ordered The Children’s Train through pre-sales, you may direct any questions…

May 29, 2014

Sel Hubert talks about his kindertransport experience. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiAupVS69KE

May 22, 2014

In 1939, at age 16, Walter Kohn rode the Kindertransport to England. In 1998, he received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Child’s Passport

May 21, 2014

Passport issued to Gertrud Gerda Levy, who left Germany in August 1939 on a Children’s Transport (Kindertransport) to Great Britain. Berlin, Germany, August 23, 1939. — US Holocaust Memorial Museum