A powerful exhibit at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum is sharing the story of one of history’s largest child rescue efforts—and one North Texas woman’s personal connection to it.

The exhibit, Kindertransport: Rescuing Children on the Brink of War , tells the story of how 10,000 Jewish children escaped Nazi Germany just before the start of World War II. Among them was the mother of Dallas resident Melanie Kuhr Myers.

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"This is a picture of my mother, Susanne, and my grandmother," Myers said, pointing to a black-and-white photo. Her mother was just 10 years old at the time. "A picture has a thousand words."

The photo was taken shortly before Myers’ grandmother left Germany to take a domestic job in England. Not long after, S

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