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Lowestoft Kindertransport Arrival History Panel

Main Concourse, Lowestoft Central Railway Station, Denmark Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2EG

  • Multiple dates available
  • In person
  • Pre-booking not required

View the giant history panel retelling the events that lead up to and the arrival in 1938 of a Kindertransport train with 500 children escaping Nazi oppression in Vienna

This panel retells the background to the Vienna Kindertransport and its subsequent arrival with over 500 Jewish refugees in Lowestoft during December 1938. Features some moving testimony and information.

Timings & Tours

Friday 06 September:
Open 10am - 4pm daily
Saturday 07 September:
Open 10am - 4pm daily
Sunday 08 September:
Open 10am - 4pm daily
Monday 09 September:
Open 10am - 4pm daily
Tuesday 10 September:
Open 10am - 4pm daily
Wednesday 11 September:
Open 10am - 4pm daily
Thursday 12 September:
Open 10am - 4pm daily
Friday 13 September:
Open 10am - 4pm daily
Saturday 14 September:
Open 10am - 4pm daily
Sunday 15 September:
Open 10am - 4pm daily

Location & directions

Main Concourse, Lowestoft Central Railway Station, Denmark Road, Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR32 2EG

Contact on day:
[email protected]
Telephone number:
+447889707531

Booking information

Pre-booking requirement:
Pre-booking not required

Additional information

Max no of people per tour:
50
Est. tour duration:
0 hour(s) 30 minute(s)

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