For more than 80 years the identities of three girls captured in an iconic photograph at Liverpool Street station were unknown.
Ruth and Inge Adamecz fled Germany but their younger sister Gretel died at Auschwitz"That was a big surprise," said Inge, whose maiden name was Adamecz.
"I was also worried we were going to Liverpool Street, as I thought we were going to London and Liverpool was somewhere else.Image source,Hanna first became aware of the photograph when her brother spotted it in an exhibition at Camden Library in London to mark the 50th anniversary of the Kindertransport.
Then in January, more than 80 years after the photo was taken, her daughters discovered the truth after coming across a BBC audio series., told the forgotten story of a North-East hostel where Inge, whose married name is Hamilton, and Ruth had spent part of the war."It was Holocaust Memorial Day and a friend of mine sent me a link to the
"She always talked about those two little girls and the fact we've found them would be really important to her."But what of the photographer?
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