DHHRM | What They Carried: The Journey of Ruth and Susanne Levy

In-person registration includes a 7 p.m. program. Attendees are welcome to tour the Kindertransport exhibition before and after the program.

Join us for a powerful family presentation by Melanie Kuhr Myers, who will share the extraordinary story of her mother, Susanne Levy, who escaped Nazi Germany as a child on the Kindertransport, and her grandmother, Ruth Levy, who fought tirelessly to save them both. Through personal letters, official documents, and artifacts - including Susanne's small monogrammed backpack - Myers will retrace their harrowing journey from Berlin to England, and eventually to the United States. Their story is one of survival, separation, and the strength of three generations of Jewish women. In remembering their path, we are reminded of the human cost of indifference-and the enduring power of hope.

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About Kindertransport – Rescuing Children from the Brink of War

Kindertransport – Rescuing Children on the Brink of War showcases the astonishing rescue effort that, in nine months, brought thousands of unaccompanied children from Nazi-occupied Europe to the United Kingdom. Through personal artifacts, stories, and firsthand testimony, those who lived through the “Kindertransport,” German for “children’s transport,” tell its history. The exhibition offers a moving look at the rescue effort, the painful choices parents made to send their children to safety, and the lives their children began in the United Kingdom. This exhibition serves as a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the importance of honoring the legacy of those who endured unimaginable suffering.

Kindertransport – Rescuing Children on the Brink of War was created and organized by Yeshiva University Museum and the Leo Baeck Institute – New York | Berlin.

On view from September 18, 2025 to February 15, 2026.