Operation Pied Piper : the wartime evacuation of schoolchildren from London and Berlin, 1938-46

• Main Author: Gärtner, Niko (Author)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K : Emerald Publishing Limited : Information Age Pub., [2012]
• Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 > Education and the war.; School children > England > London.; School children > Germany > Berlin.; World War, 1939-1945 > Evacuation of civilians > England > London.; World War, 1939-1945 > Evacuation of civilians > Germany > Berlin.; World War, 1939-1945 > Children > England > London.; World War, 1939-1945 > Children > Germany > Berlin.; History > Wars & Conflicts > World War II > General.; Second World War.; c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period); elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781806614851
• DOI: 10.1108/978-1-61735-903-3
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (240 pages) : illustrations

When war came, the authorities in London and Berlin operated evacuation schemes that sent children into billets and camps in rural reception areas. The children's exodus either happened orderly and followed years of planning and discussion amongst policy makers (London), or haphazardly followin...