Calling all descendants of former Czech/Slovak/Hungarian refugees who came to Britain and found refuge in the CRTF hostels in Margate, Kent in August/September 1939, or later transferred to the CRTF hostel in Kingston-upon-Thames, Surrey in 1940.
Katharine Whitaker, family historian, whose father Miklós Majer (anglicised to Nicholas Mayer) left Czechoslovakia with help from CRTF and was given refuge at West Ham Hostel in Margate, is searching for descendants, especially descendants of Czech/Slovak refugees who returned to Czechoslovakia after World War 2 but subsequently left again in 1948/9 and 1968/9 and emigrated to Canada.
Katharine Whitaker is interested in learning more about their experiences of leaving Czechoslovakia in 1939, arrival in Britain, life in the hostels, how they found work during World War 2 and reasons for returning to Czechoslovakia after the war.
Please contact Katharine Whitaker by emailing:
