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| The little girl in the first row was born in 1943. Brought to Sweden during UNRRA White Boat mission in July 1945. |
Infantile amnesia is defined as the lack of memory for the experience that occurred prior to 3-4 years of age. Probably varies as well. In many cases, different artifacts like photos or told stories showed later are likely to feel us remember the accident before that time.
My cousin born in July 1939 remembered just one scene from the Warsaw Ghetto and it was the bridge between Little and the Large Ghetto. The bridge existed in 1942. Nothing, before, nor his biological father or mother.
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| My cousin born in July 1939 remembered just one scene from the Warsaw Ghetto and it was the bridge between Little and the Large Ghetto. The bridge existed in 1942. Nothing, before, nor his biological father or mother. |
So, when talking to Kinderheims children that came to Sweden in 1945, one has to be aware of the amnesia and as well loss of memory due to age. Many survivors just repeat others' stories. One of them is that they came to Sweden with White buses and Count Bernadotte. However, it is evident that they came with the UNRRA White boat mission during June-July 1945 or by trains to Padborg, Denmark.
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| Schwarz Eveline was brought to Sweden in July 1945 together with children from Kinderheim group from Bergen-Belsen. Probably her year of birth and also the place of birth are suggestions. I believe that the description DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING is a true one. |
List of children in Sweden (August 1946) brought by UNRRA White Boat Mission and the Swedish Red Cross *.
Citizenship
Poles 369
Czechs 315
Hungarians 222
Rumanians 196
Dutch 21
German 19
Age
1 - 5 years 26
7-13 years 51
13-17 years 422
17-18 years 676
The boys to girls ratio of the children in the table above was 1:4. Of children born 1930-1940, a total of 129, there were 100 girls and only 29 boys.
Greeks, Austrians, Yugoslavs, Italians, Lithuanian, Latvian, French, English, Spanish, Stateless, less than 10 in each group.
* Total 1.172
** Almost all children were Jewish.
*** It is not clear if the children that left Sweden for Eretz Israel in May 1946 are included or excluded from that list.
