Bertha Leverton and her brother were just old enough to work when they were taken in by their aunt and uncle. They were exploited, their wages were taken from them, and Bertha was in constant feat for her younger sister, Inge, terrified that she may be abused by their uncle (Sharples). In 1988, she planned the 50th anniversary reunion. In June of 1989, over 1,200 people, including the now grown up children and their families, come from all over the world to reunite ("Kindertransport Association and KTA History."). Despite her past, Bertha grew up to become an important person in the organization of Kindertransport reunions.
Julius was the son of Chief Rabbi Joseph and Lotte Carlebach. He came from a prominent family. Both of his parents, along with his three younger sisters died in Jungfernhof, a Nazi concentration camp ("Names on the Buses."). His younger brother was the only one to live. However, Julius and one of his sisters went to England thanks to the Kindertransport. Four of his other sisters also managed to escape. Julius would grow up to become a Rabbi, like his father, but also an academic. He passed away in Brighton in 2001, at the age of 78 ("Names on the Buses.").
At only eleven years old, Olga was forced to leave her native Stuttgart (Sharples). She would grow up to become a writer. She emphasized the intense atmosphere of the trains as they came to the border. She can remember the Nazi’s raiding the trains and being terrified that they would be forced to turn back (Sharples). Olga had a Christian upbringing and had never actually been in the synagogue, but she recalled watching it burn on Kristallnacht.
Otto Newman left Anschuluss on the last Kindertransport at the age of 16. He made it to England and was able to go on to study at Oxford. He was considered to be an enemy alien when the war broke out in 1939 (Kindertransport Refugees). He ended up becoming a professional gambler at the age of 22. He married June Pattenden in 1946 and had two children; Paul and Victoria. Just recently, in 2008, he went on to publish “Escapes and Adventures: A 20th Century Odyssey” (Kindertransport Refugees).