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Kindertransport : sauver des enfants (3e)

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the Kindertransport (1938-1939)le transport d'enfants vers le Royaume-Uni
about 10,000 childrenenviron 10 000 enfants
mostly Jewish refugeessurtout des réfugiés juifs
They were welcomed by foster families.Ils ont été accueillis par des familles d'accueil.
Many never saw their parents again.Beaucoup n'ont jamais revu leurs parents.
Nicholas Winton saved 669 children.Nicholas Winton a sauvé 669 enfants.

Après les violences de la « Nuit de cristal » en novembre 1938, le Royaume-Uni accepte d'accueillir des enfants menacés par l'Allemagne nazie, sans leurs parents. Jusqu'au début de la guerre en septembre 1939, environ 10 000 enfants, surtout juifs, arrivent d'Allemagne, d'Autriche, de Tchécoslovaquie et de Pologne. Ils sont placés dans des familles ou des foyers. La plupart ne reverront jamais leurs parents, morts dans la Shoah. Le Britannique Nicholas Winton a organisé à lui seul le sauvetage de 669 enfants de Prague ; il ne l'a jamais raconté, et son histoire n'a été révélée qu'en 1988.

Mise en situation : le musée

Guide : This little suitcase belonged to a girl called Eva. She was eight when she arrived in London in 1939.
Cette petite valise appartenait à une fille appelée Eva. Elle avait huit ans quand elle est arrivée à Londres en 1939.
Ruby : Did she come alone?
Elle est venue seule ?
Guide : Yes. Her parents had put her on a train in Prague. They hoped to join her later.
Oui. Ses parents l'avaient mise dans un train à Prague. Ils espéraient la rejoindre plus tard.
Noah : Did they manage to come?
Ont-ils réussi à venir ?
Guide : Sadly, no. Like many Kindertransport children, she never saw her parents again.
Malheureusement, non. Comme beaucoup d'enfants du Kindertransport, elle n'a jamais revu ses parents.
Ruby : That's heartbreaking. But at least she was safe.
C'est déchirant. Mais au moins, elle était en sécurité.

À retenir

  • a refugee, a suitcase, a train, a foster family, a hostel, persecution, the Holocaust.
  • had put (past perfect) ; never saw... again ; were welcomed (passif) ; Did they manage to...? heartbreaking.

Exercice 1 : Sauver des enfants : exercice 1 (QCM)

  1. Le Kindertransport a eu lieu en...
    1. 1938-1939
    2. 1914-1918
    3. 1960-1961
  2. Environ combien d'enfants ?
    1. 1 million
    2. 100
    3. 10 000
  3. « un réfugié »
    1. a refugee
    2. a refuge
    3. a referee
  4. « une famille d'accueil »
    1. a faster family
    2. a foster family
    3. a forest family
  5. Qui a sauvé 669 enfants de Prague ?
    1. Winston Churchill
    2. Nicholas Winton
    3. Alan Turing
  6. « Ils ne les ont jamais revus. »
    1. They never seen them again.
    2. They ever saw them again.
    3. They never saw them again.
  7. « Ses parents l'avaient mise dans un train. »
    1. Her parents had put her on a train.
    2. Her parents have put her on a train yesterday.
    3. Her parents had putted her on a train.
  8. « déchirant »
    1. heartbroken
    2. heart breaker
    3. heartbreaking
  9. « au moins »
    1. at least
    2. at less
    3. at last
  10. « en sécurité »
    1. self
    2. save
    3. safe

Exercice 2 : Sauver des enfants : exercice 2 (à compléter)

  1. This suitcase .......................... to a girl called Eva.
  2. She was eight when she .......................... in London.
  3. Did she come .......................... ?
  4. Her parents .......................... put her on a train.
  5. They hoped to .......................... her later.
  6. Did they .......................... to come?
  7. She never saw her parents .......................... .
  8. That's .......................... .
  9. At least she was .......................... .
  10. They were welcomed by foster .......................... .

Exercice 3 : Sauver des enfants : mise en situation

  1. Cette valise appartenait à une fille.
    1. This suitcase belonged a girl.
    2. This suitcase belong to a girl yesterday.
    3. This suitcase belonged to a girl.
  2. Elle avait huit ans.
    1. She had eight.
    2. She was eight years.
    3. She was eight.
  3. Elle est venue seule ?
    1. Did she came alone?
    2. Does she come alone yesterday?
    3. Did she come alone?
  4. Ses parents l'avaient mise dans un train.
    1. Her parents had putted her in a train.
    2. Her parents have put her on a train.
    3. Her parents had put her on a train.
  5. Ils espéraient la rejoindre plus tard.
    1. They hoped join her later.
    2. They hoped to join her later.
    3. They hope to join her later yesterday.
  6. Ont-ils réussi à venir ?
    1. Did they manage come?
    2. Did they managed to come?
    3. Did they manage to come?
  7. Elle n'a jamais revu ses parents.
    1. She never saw her parents again.
    2. She didn't never see her parents.
    3. She never seen her parents again.
  8. C'est déchirant.
    1. That's heartbreaking.
    2. That heartbreaking.
    3. That's heartbroken.
  9. Mais au moins, elle était en sécurité.
    1. But at last she was safe.
    2. But at least she was save.
    3. But at least she was safe.
  10. Il n'a jamais raconté son histoire.
    1. He never told his story.
    2. He never told her story.
    3. He never telled his story.

Corrigé

Exercice 1

1. a) 1938-1939 · 2. c) 10 000 · 3. a) a refugee · 4. b) a foster family · 5. b) Nicholas Winton · 6. c) They never saw them again. · 7. a) Her parents had put her on a train. · 8. c) heartbreaking · 9. a) at least · 10. c) safe

Exercice 2

1. belonged · 2. arrived · 3. alone · 4. had · 5. join · 6. manage · 7. again · 8. heartbreaking · 9. safe · 10. families

Exercice 3

1. c) This suitcase belonged to a girl. · 2. c) She was eight. · 3. c) Did she come alone? · 4. c) Her parents had put her on a train. · 5. b) They hoped to join her later. · 6. c) Did they manage to come? · 7. a) She never saw her parents again. · 8. a) That's heartbreaking. · 9. c) But at least she was safe. · 10. a) He never told his story.