Selma Reichman aged 10
The Press Photo History Project has been commissioned to help find an image showing two young girls who had just arrived in London from Vienna with the Kinderstransport at the beginning of WWII.
Detail: Here is the story detail so far from Selma’s granddaughter who is leading the search for the family.
Selma Reichman arrived in London from Vienna on Friday, 23 Dec 1938, with the Kinderstransport.
She was 10 years old, leaving her parents and her baby sister (who were all murdered in Auschwitz later) in Vienna and never saw them again.
Her brother came with her, too, on this Kindertransport. He was sent to a Yeshiva and she stayed separately with many different families during these years and thankfully they both survived.
She finally came to Israel in her 20’s and established a new family here in Israel; having a great loving family today with her 15 grandchildren and 18 great-grandchildren, so far.
Anyway, she told us that she remembers some photographer taking a picture of her with another girl – Selma Moses (who was about 6 years old on that time) at Liverpool St railway station. on the day they came from Vienna to England – Friday, 23 Dec 1938; and it was published in some newspaper later. They were asked to stand in front of each other and smile.
After they both spent 6 days in a Jewish school (it was Hanukkah holiday) they moved to a Hostel in 5 Brondsbury Avenue, Willesden NW6, where she lived for 6 weeks until sent to adopting families.
She saw that photo on the wall of this Hostel, but she has no idea in which paper it was published.
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