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may 30 , 1960 german anna essinger 's signature september 15 , 1879 portrait of anna essinger bunce court , otterden anna essinger_sig . jpg master of arts university of wisconsin otterden , kent , england 200px 200px anna essinger.jpg anna essinger educator , co-founder of landschulheim herrlingen early 1900s - 1948 ulm , germany escaping and for helping child refugees and nazi concentration camp survivors nazi germany in 1933 with her entire school jewish anna essinger

anna essinger

anna essinger -lrb- september 15 , 1879 -- may 30 , 1960 -rrb- was a german jewish educator .
at the age of 20 , she went to finish her education in the united states , where she encountered quakers and was greatly influenced by their attitudes , adopting them for her own .
in 1919 , she returned to germany on a quaker war relief mission and was asked by her sister , who had founded a children 's home , to help establish a school with it .
she and her family founded a boarding school , the landschulheim herrlingen in 1926 , with anna essinger as headmistress .
in 1933 , with the nazi threat looming and the permission of all the parents , she moved the school and its 66 children , mostly jewish , to safety in england , re-establishing it as the bunce court school .
during the war , essinger established a reception camp for 10,000 german children sent to england on the kindertransports , taking some of them into the school .
after the war , her school took many child survivors of nazi concentration camps .
by the time essinger closed bunce court in 1948 , she had taught and cared for over 900 children , most of whom called her `` tante '' -lrb- `` aunt '' -rrb- anna , or ta , for short .
she remained in close contact with her former pupils for the rest of her life .
