On the eve of World War Two, 10,000 Jewish children from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia were sent by their families to the realtive safety of England. Most were placed immediately in foster homes with English families but had to sacrifice their language, their culture and sometimes their religion. Next week a panel discussion will discuss the kindertransport, as the campaign to save these children was called, and its impact upon a generation of young European Jews. The panelists are historian Maxine Seller; Saul Elkin, artistic director of Jewish Repertory Theatre, which is producing Diane Samuels’ play Kindertransport later this month; and Carrie Tirado Bramen, acting executive director of the Humanities Institute at UB. Students from Buffalo’s Academy of Visual & Performing Arts will read letters written by children living in England to their families in Germany, and Vera Leibovic will relate her own experience as a child on the kindertransport. The event is cosponsored by Jewish Repertory Theatre, the University at Buffalo Humanities Institute, and the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library. Visit jewishrepertorytheatre.com for more information.

5pm. Buffalo & Erie County Public Library,

One Lafayette Square. FREE.