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.

“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, Susanne secured a place on the Kindertransport—a British rescue mission that brought Jewish children to safety.

“My mother and grandmother never spoke about the dark time in Germany,” Myers said. “They always considered themselves Germans first and Jews second.”

That changed after Kristallnacht in 1938, also known as the “Night of Broken Glass,” when Jewish homes, businesses and synagogues were attacked across Germany and Austria. It was a turning point that launched the Kindertransport effort.

“That was the start of the rescue mission, the greatest rescue mission, to save these 10,000 children,” Myers said.

The exhibit features a letter her grandmother received confirming Susanne’s place on the Kindertransport. It also includes artifacts like the backpack Susanne carried—now part of the museum’s permanent collection.

“That obviously was very meaningful to her, because she had it throughout her life,” Myers said. “I think it makes me feel very compassionate about people today who have to leave and immigrate at a moment’s notice, and the courage that it takes and what they leave behind.”

Myers will speak about her family’s story and her mother’s journey on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 7 p.m. at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum.

“I like to spend my time here because my mother and my grandmother and my family didn’t have a voice,” she said. “So this gives me an opportunity to give a voice to not only my mother, but the other 10,000 children—and unfortunately, a voice to the six million who perished during the Holocaust.”

Kindertransport: Rescuing Children on the Brink of War is on display at the Dallas Holocaust and Human Rights Museum through Feb. 15.