Sue Pearson volunteered for several organisations, including Safe Passage, which helps child refugees in Europe
JeremyAbrahams
Sun 13 Dec 2020 15.11 EST
Last modified on Fri 15 Jan 2021 18.27 EST
My friend Sue Pearson, who has died aged 92, came to Sheffield from Prague on the Kindertransport in 1939 at the age of 11. Her childhood experiences bred a lifelong commitment to improving the lives of all children.
In March 1939, Hitler occupied the remainder of what was then Czechoslovakia, and Jews in Prague were aware of the danger they were in. Sue’s secular Jewish parents took the brave decision to send her on a Kindertransport in June 1939, thinking it would be a temporary measure, but, like most children who made the journey, Sue never saw them again.