Anna Freud and Dorothy Burlingham open the Children's Rest Centre in London

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3 May 1941

Anna Freud and Dorothy Burlingham open the Children's Rest Centre in London, later to become known as the Hampstead War Nurseries. These are foster care centres for single-parent children, evacuated children (during the Blitz), or children with no other family. 

Image: Report of the Nursery 1942 from Ilse Hellman. Scanned title and intro.

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