Cyclists retrace Jewish child refugees' journey to Britain
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Almost 80 years after the first "Kindertransport" evacuations of Jewish children to safety in Britain, 42 people have set off on a memorial bike ride from Berlin to London.
The cyclists departed Sunday from Berlin's Friedrichstrasse station, where a statue commemorates the 10,000 mostly Jewish children who made it to Britain from Nazi Germany and elsewhere starting in late 1938.
Organized by the British-based World Jewish Relief group, the ride retraces the route of the trains. It's expected to take the cyclists six days to get to London's Liverpool Street station.
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Paul Alexander is the only cyclist who was on a Kindertransport, or "children's transport." He was evacuated at age 1. His 34-year-old son and 14-year-old grandson are joining him on the memorial ride.