Ernst Michaelis came to the UK on the Kinderstransport a few weeks before the beginning of World War II. He saw his family for the last time at the age of 11. He loved his work as an engineer and worked hard to provide a strong and stable environment for us. In later years he recorded his story in various ways to ensure that his family and others would never forget what happened to families like ours. A record of his small part in history is recorded here. 
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2008/feb/24/news.features

A number of people have asked us if they can donate as a mark of remembrance to Ernst. His history has prompted us to chose this charity.

The Photo is of Ernst with his family the night before he left Berlin for England. He started life fleeing one global threat and ended it succumbing to the current one.

Vicky Pope and J Michaelis

Alf Dubs arrived in Britain on a train from Prague in 1938 when he was just six years old. He was one of the 10,000 children rescued by the Kindertransport in the two years before the outbreak of World War II. This was a mass rescue effort driven by local communities, families, faith institutions and individuals who worked together to bring children to safety. Now a member of the House of Lords and life-long advocate for refugees, Lord Alf Dubs is leading efforts to help a new generation of unaccompanied child refugees in Europe. The Alf Dubs Childrens Fund is an appeal set up by Lord Dubs with the support of Safe Passage, which works to open safe and legal routes to protection for unaccompanied child refugees then supports their first steps to rebuilding their lives in the UK. The fund seeks to carry forward the legacy of the Kindertransport for a new generation of child refugees today.