Kindertransport Fund

Please read all guidelines and frequently asked questions about the Kindertransport program before applying. If you are not sure which program to apply for, please contact us.

The Kindertransport Fund will open January 1, 2019 and begin processing eligible applications. Although some survivors were provided a small payment in the 1950s, prior payments under compensation programs (other than the Child Survivor Fund) will not bar claimants from receiving this new benefit.

The fund will issue one-time payments of €2,500.

This fund is open to Jewish Nazi Victims who met the following criteria at the time of transport:

  • they were under 21 years of age, unaccompanied by their parents and took part in a transport that was not organized by the German government in order to escape potentially threatening persecution by German forces;
  • they were transported from somewhere within the German Reich or from territories that had been annexed or occupied at the time;
  • the transport took place between November 9, 1938 and September 1, 1939 or was approved by the German authorities after November 9, 1938 but before September 1, 1939.

Applications must be submitted by survivors, not heirs. However, if an eligible survivor passes away after an application form is received and registered by the Claims Conference, the surviving spouse is entitled to payment.  If there is no surviving spouse, the child(ren) of the eligible child survivor is entitled to the payment.

To apply to the Kindertransport Program, please download the universal application form.

Read the press release: 80th Anniversary of Kindertransport Marked with Compensation Payment to Survivors