Windermere Children survivors unveil memorial garden
Ms Rosenthal, who was one of four Windermere Children who officially opened the garden on Thursday, has a recollection of not wanting to leave a concentration camp initially."Nobody had told us we'd been liberated, we were just shoved on the plane and we didn't know where we were going," Ms Rosenthal told BBC Radio Cumbria."We had no idea we were actually free."The youngsters became known as the Windermere Boys, but have also since been referred to as the Windermere Children as there were also girls in the group.
The memorial garden is close to where the children lived and its Star of David design had been made using locally sourced brick and slate.Many stayed for in the UK for their entire lives, becoming British citizens and raising British children.Survivor Arek Hersh, 97, lived his life in the north-west of England, falling in love with the swimming sites."I like the Lake District very, very much," he said.Trevor Avery, from the Lake District Holocaust Project, said it was an important part of Cumbria's story."Windermere should be really, really proud of it," he saidMr Avery added the event had been "really emotional".
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