Kinder Transport, Vienna

With numbered tags
Around their necks
The children waited
In the railroad station,
Their parents destined
To the camps for annihilation.

In order to save the children
From their parents' fate,
England opened their gate
While the US did refuse
Giving some irrelevant excuse.

Those children are spread
All over the world today
From England, Israel, France,
To Australia and the USA.

Many rose to prominence
With some Noble Price winners
Rising to fame and excellence,
While many in industry,
Science and art
Contributed to their
Adopted countries their part.

So many other children died
Because most countries
Refused to grant them refuge
When they applied.

Alfred Charasz
Copyright 2008 Alfred Charasz