Karen Gershon
Karen Gershon, born Kaethe Loewenthal (1923–1993) was a German-born British writer and poet. She escaped to Britain in December 1938. Her book "We came as Children: A Collective Autobiography" uses a number of testimonies of kindertransport to construct a single account. One of her best-known poems, "I was not there", describes her feelings of guilt at not being there when her parents were murdered by the Nazis. Works. UK Poetry Non-Fiction Fiction U.S.A. Germany