I was struck by a tidbit of 1939 British history. In Operation Pied Piper, children from large British cities were sent away from their families to protect them from the German bombs that were sure to come. With luggage tags around the children’s necks, gas masks dangling from their knapsacks, and a stamped addressed note for their parents when they found out where they’d ended up, these children were bundled onto trains and ships and sent off to unknown locations.
