Margot Hopfer
In this interview, Margot Hopfer, with the help of her daughter Helen Goldenberg, shares her memories of being a refugee from Nazi Germany as part of the Kindertransport rescue effort. Margot’s story provides insight into the horror of Kristallnacht, how her life was spared on the Kindertransport, and how the people of Great Britain refused to be bystanders and served as “upstanders” instead. Between 1938 and 1940, some 10,000 children’s lives were saved on the Kindertransport. Several families in Weston have grandparents who took this journey.
Portrait by Julie O’Connor