life of eva paddock
1935-present
31.12.1935
July 1939
1940
Birth
Reunion
Kindertransport
March 1939
1939-1940
1938
Displacement
Refuge
Eva paddock
1935-Present
1950s-1960s
NOW
holocaust survivor
1945
Witness
Family
Survival
1970s-2000
public education
Late 1940s
Professional Life
Citizenship
marriage and international life
1950s-1960s
In 1952 Eva met her future husband Jim Paddock, an English architect. They married and lived in Britain, then moved to Canada and finally to Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, with three children.
Eva's husband and her children
Mother arrives in Britain; family reunited
In spring 1940 Eva’s mother Sonia successfully reached England via Norway, and the family was reunited — a rare outcome for Kindertransport children.
Born in Proseč, Czechoslovakia
31.12.1935
Eva Paddock (née Fleischmannová) was born into a Jewish family in Proseč, then part of Czechoslovakia.
Life with the radcliffe family in england
1939-1940
In England the sisters were looked after by the Radcliffe family, who originally planned to host only one child but chose to keep both. They were learning English and adjusting to life as refugee children.
The Radcliffe family
public testimony and holocaust education
Eva Paddock lives in the United States and actively speaks to schools, universities, and memorial events about Kindertransport and Holocaust survival.
Eva Paddock in 2019
End of world war ii
World War II comes to an end. Eva, her sister, and both parents survived the Holocaust; many extended family members did not.
British citizenship
After the 1948 communist coup in Czechoslovakia, the family decided to remain in England and later naturalized as British citizens.
Documents of Eva Paddock
kindertransport from prague to britain
July 1939
Shortly before the outbreak of war at around 3½ years old, Eva and her sister Milena were sent on the last Kindertransport train from Prague to England, part of the rescue organized by Nicholas Winton.
Every Child on the train had its ID card. Eva had the number 639
Desk nameplate with the inscription: “Eva Paddock: Principal” in English and Korean; a gift from the students of the school that Eva Paddock helped to found.
Professional life
1970s-2000
Teacher, teacher trainer, and curriculum developer, school principal. Faculty member in the Urban Leadership Program at the University of Massachusetts; after retiring from public education, earned a Master’s in Counseling from the University of Massachusetts Boston and worked as a group therapist.
Father flees Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia
To avoid capture after the German occupation, Eva’s father escaped first to Berlin, then via Brussels to the United Kingdom.
Move to prague
When Eva was two and a half years old, her family moved to Prague. Political pressure and antisemitic measures against Jews increased after the Munich Agreement.
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life of eva paddock
1935-present
31.12.1935
July 1939
1940
Birth
Reunion
Kindertransport
March 1939
1939-1940
1938
Displacement
Refuge
Eva paddock
1935-Present
1950s-1960s
NOW
holocaust survivor
1945
Witness
Family
Survival
1970s-2000
public education
Late 1940s
Professional Life
Citizenship
marriage and international life
1950s-1960s
In 1952 Eva met her future husband Jim Paddock, an English architect. They married and lived in Britain, then moved to Canada and finally to Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, with three children.
Eva's husband and her children
Mother arrives in Britain; family reunited
In spring 1940 Eva’s mother Sonia successfully reached England via Norway, and the family was reunited — a rare outcome for Kindertransport children.
Born in Proseč, Czechoslovakia
31.12.1935
Eva Paddock (née Fleischmannová) was born into a Jewish family in Proseč, then part of Czechoslovakia.
Life with the radcliffe family in england
1939-1940
In England the sisters were looked after by the Radcliffe family, who originally planned to host only one child but chose to keep both. They were learning English and adjusting to life as refugee children.
The Radcliffe family
public testimony and holocaust education
Eva Paddock lives in the United States and actively speaks to schools, universities, and memorial events about Kindertransport and Holocaust survival.
Eva Paddock in 2019
End of world war ii
World War II comes to an end. Eva, her sister, and both parents survived the Holocaust; many extended family members did not.
British citizenship
After the 1948 communist coup in Czechoslovakia, the family decided to remain in England and later naturalized as British citizens.
Documents of Eva Paddock
kindertransport from prague to britain
July 1939
Shortly before the outbreak of war at around 3½ years old, Eva and her sister Milena were sent on the last Kindertransport train from Prague to England, part of the rescue organized by Nicholas Winton.
Every Child on the train had its ID card. Eva had the number 639
Desk nameplate with the inscription: “Eva Paddock: Principal” in English and Korean; a gift from the students of the school that Eva Paddock helped to found.
Professional life
1970s-2000
Teacher, teacher trainer, and curriculum developer, school principal. Faculty member in the Urban Leadership Program at the University of Massachusetts; after retiring from public education, earned a Master’s in Counseling from the University of Massachusetts Boston and worked as a group therapist.
Father flees Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia
To avoid capture after the German occupation, Eva’s father escaped first to Berlin, then via Brussels to the United Kingdom.
Move to prague
When Eva was two and a half years old, her family moved to Prague. Political pressure and antisemitic measures against Jews increased after the Munich Agreement.