A seaside town's role in welcoming hundreds of refugees has been recalled during a moving event.
Close to where more than 500 mostly Jewish children had arrived in Lowestoft 86 years ago, a poignant exhibition has launched to remember those rescued from Nazi oppression.
The rescue mission saw almost 10,000 unaccompanied and mostly Jewish children brought to Britain from Nazi Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia and Poland between December 1938 and May 1940 as they escaped Nazi persecution in what became known as the Kindertransport.
On December 12, 1938 Lowestoft welcomed over 500 refugees as part of the Kindertransport from Vienna.
The Vienna Kindertransport was remembered on Friday, December 12, 2025 as the acclaimed Weiner Library exhibition, A Thousand Kisses, was opened at Lowestoft railway station to mark the anniversary.
Historians, locals and rail industry officials were joined by special guests from the Association of Jewish Refugees.
The station welcomed Lady Linda Reich, whose late husband, Eric, was rescued by the Kindertransport.
Danny Kalman, chairman of the Kindertransport Special Interest Group, and Kindertransport committee members Nick Sigler and Ruth Abraham also attended the event arranged by the Lowestoft Central Project and Wherry Lines Community Rail Partnership.
They met civic leaders, railway personnel, stakeholders from the community rail partnership and historian Andrew Pearce who researched information for the giant interpretation panel that was installed at the station in 2023.
Lady Reich officially opened the A Thousand Kisses Exhibition, and afterwards said: "An act of kindness by a stranger can go such a long way and Lowestoft is a good example of a community that responded and helped the Kinder children in any way they could.
"Thank you Lowestoft for your kindness and for still remembering with this exhibition."
Mr Kalman said: “Kindertransport children came to Lowestoft in 1938 and to see the research on the boards here is incredibly moving for us.
"To come here and see the role it played within your town is really special for us."
The free exhibition draws on the Weiner Library collections to tell the story of the Kindertransport through the experiences of eight children and the loved ones left behind.
The exhibition - held in the parcels office at Lowestoft station - runs on selected dates until December 20.
It will then return from January 27 to January 31.
