Escape to Gwrych CastleThe often overlooked history of the German Jewish refugee children of Gwrych Castle. In 1939, several German Jewish refugee children, travelling on the Kindertransport, found themselves in Abergele, North Wales. Would this be their temporary new home? Gwrych Castle, where a Hachshara was being set up, was a residential training centre aimed at preparing the Jewish children for life on a kibbutz in Israel, where they hoped to be reunited with their