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After her father's death in 2015, Norwegian-Israeli Monica Gorlen Fallon discovered a big collection of letters and documents he had saved. Most of the letters were written by her grandmother, Gertrud, to her son Heini, who travelled with a Kindertransport from Germany to Sweden in July 1939. An additional fourteen letters were from Heini's friend Walter Mayer. Monica translated these letters and compiled them into two books, My Heartchild and Dear Heini.My Heartchild is a selection of Gertrud's letters, written every second day. The letters reveal her love to her only son and her reactions...

In July 1939, 500 Jewish children were sent from Germany to Sweden in a joint project organized by the World Zionist Organization and the Stockholm Jewish Community. Some of these children came to Hälsinggården, near Falun, to learn farming and agriculture, in preparation for their future work in Palestine. World War II broke out two months after their arrival, and the children remained in Sweden as temporary residents until 1945. In the spring of 1941, Walter and Heini, both 16 years old, decided to leave the collective, facing the challenge of having to support themselves, and waiving...