Kindertransport: Characters Flashcards
Eva: Key Themes
Trauma
Memory and the past
Parenthood
Truth and secrecy
Displacement and identity
Sacrifice and survival
Childhood
Mother/Daughter relationships
Eva: Key Quotes
A1S1 - [Helga to Eva] “There’s no ‘later’ left, Eva.”
A1S1 - [Helga to Eva] “Do you think we would really let you go if we thought that we would never see you again?”
A1S1 - [Helga to Eva] “We old ones invest our future in you.”
A1S1 - [Nazi Border Official draws Star of David on Eva’s label and says] “Don’t want you to forget who you are now, do we?”
A1S2 - [Eva to Lil] “It’s a dirty habit […] only common people smoke.”
A1S2 - [Lil to Eva] “Don’t hide behind the German. It won’t protect you and you know it.”
A1S2 - [Evelyn to Eva, ratcatcher music playing] “You’ve not done anything wrong […] You’re a good girl […] You’re with me now… I’ll get rid of him. He won’t take you anywhere ever again.”
A2S1 - [Helga to Eva] “Through our children we live.”
A2S1 - [Postman to Eva] “All Germans smell. Well-known fact.”
A2S1 - [Eva to Lil when she is told to evacuate again] “I’d rather get bombed.”
A2S1 - [Eva is told her parents can’t come to England because war has broken out. She removes her jewellery and her Star of David necklace] “I don’t want these on me anymore.”
A2S1 - [Eva to Helga] “When is Passover? […] Is it before or after Easter?”
Eva: Key Context
Eva: Dramatic Devices
Evelyn: Key Themes
Trauma
Memory and the past
Parenthood
Truth and secrecy
Displacement and identity
Sacrifice and survival
Mother/Daughter relationships
Evelyn: Key Quotes
A1S1 - [Evelyn to Faith] “A chipped glass is ruined forever.”
A1S2 - [Lil (about Evelyn) to Faith] “just wanted to make a fresh start.”
A1S2 - [Faith to Evelyn] “You’re so paranoid […] I’ve watched your panic attacks […] a terrible mother […] awful, lying cow of a mother.”
A2S1 - [Evelyn to Lil] “The whitewash has been stripped away and underneath is pure filth.”
Evelyn: Key Context
Evelyn: Dramatic Devices
Lil: Key Themes
Memory and the past
Parenthood
Truth and secrecy
Displacement and identity
Mother/Daughter relationships
Lil: Key Quotes
A1S1 - [Lil to Faith] “You’ll make your mum even worse.”
Lil: Key Context
Lil: Dramatic Devices
Faith: Key Themes
Memory and the past
Parenthood
Truth and secrecy
Displacement and identity
Mother/Daughter relationships
Faith: Key Quotes
Faith: Key Context
