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World War Two child evacuees in Britain
World War Two child evacuees in Britain
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Length:
10 minutes
Released:
Sep 19, 2022
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Podcast episode
Description
The 1 September 1939 was Kitty Baxter’s ninth birthday, it was also the day her life and millions of other people’s changed with the beginning of World War Two.
Kitty was among the hundreds of thousands of children taken out of UK cities and into the countryside, away from the risk of German bombs.
She’s been speaking to Laura Jones.
(Photo: child evacuees leaving a London train station. Credit: Getty Images)
Kitty was among the hundreds of thousands of children taken out of UK cities and into the countryside, away from the risk of German bombs.
She’s been speaking to Laura Jones.
(Photo: child evacuees leaving a London train station. Credit: Getty Images)
Released:
Sep 19, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Australian evacuee: During WWII British children were sent away from the cities to escape German bombs by Witness History: World War Two