The success of Britain's "Kindertransport," the British child rescue scheme, required legal negotiations, multifaceted organizational efforts, hands-on, spontaneous work of individuals and fierce determination of desperate parents. While moral responsibility motivated some of these actors, a sense of religious, cultural or familial duty as well as political incentives and parental love were the compelling forces that drove others. For nearly 10,000 children, the resulting effort eased the suffering that significant rights violations and violence together inflicted and proved that successful humanitarian response can find its source in a fusion of motivations. The "Kindertransport" legacy, which is presented in this article, is a new sense of social responsibility that includes a commitment to individual rights, directly challenges and rejects the disregard for rights and human well-being that characterized the Nazi era. It suggests that a mix of actors and motivations not only is crucial to effective humanitarian response, but also fosters the broad commitment to social inclusion that is essential to forestalling future humanitarian crises.