Wartime Child Transport Groningen

Original photograph depicting a children’s evacuation procession en route to the railway station in Groningen.

Handwritten on the reverse:
“Children’s evacuation” (in pencil) and
“The procession on the way to the station Groningen” (in ink).

Original period photo.

🪖 Why were children sent away?

There were a few main reasons in the Dutch context:

1. Protection from war danger

• Bombings and military activity
• Especially in cities or strategic areas

2. Food shortages (very important)

• Severe shortages, especially later in the war
• Children were sent to:
  • rural areas
  • farming families

👉 to improve their chances of survival