Benny, one of the two main protagonists in The One I Was, is a Kindertransport child: sent as one of a group of nearly 10,000 Jewish children allowed to come to Britain from Germany, Austria and Poland. There is a statue outside Liverpool Street Station which I think beautifully expresses what the children must have felt as they arrived in their new country: fear, trepidation, excitement, curiosity or homesickness. Or perhaps all of those emotion. Do have a look at the image. Not sure what I make of the fast food bag and cup at the bottom right of the image--but now doubt if the children had come to Liverpool Street Station now, they'd have probably been either already clasping fast food or eyeing the stalls in the concourse. I remember reading about a young girl who'd brought a delicious sausage with her from home, but it was confiscated because the Brits didn't really understand 'Continental' foodstuffs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kindertr...

The books I found particularly helpful in researching The One I Was include:
We Came as Children, And the Policeman Smiled, The Ninth Of November
and Other People’s Houses by Lore Segal.