What I didn’t know was that the Berlin statue was originally visualised by Frank as one group of children heading to life. The city (possibly National, I don’t know) authorities rejected it as “looking like children going on a picnic” and insisted that the dark side also be shown – hence the two groups in Berlin and (later) in Hamburg, where the metal colour heightens the contrast even more. Message from Andrew King on THE KINDERTRANSPORT SCULPTURES OF FRANK MEISLER
