#OnThisDay: Operation Pied Piper began on 1st September 1939.

#OnThisDay: Operation Pied Piper began on 1st September 1939. In the next four days, two million children, some aged just 2 or 3, left major cities by train. Luggage labels tied around their necks gave their names – all they carried were their gas masks, a change of clothes and a stamped addressed envelope to send to their parents to tell them where they’d ended up. More at http://bit.ly/1Cjy6C6.

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