Thoughts for the Week: A helping hand

Peter F Kurer describes how Quakers ‘guaranteed’ the safety of thousands

by Peter F Kurer 9th March 2018

The Kindertransport story is widely known. It saved some 10,000 children aged between six and seventeen years of age. The Quaker work with Kindertransport is an important chapter in the history of the Religious Society of Friends and an example of putting faith into action. There were, however, other areas where Quakers made an enormous and inspiring contribution; but they are not as widely acknowledged or known about. I believe they should be. The Quakers, as an organisation, were unique. I was a Jewish refugee who was given a helping hand by them in the 1930s.