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Into the Arms of Strangers
Harris, Mark Jonathan (Director)
http://www.intothearmsofstrangers.com/http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Arms_of_Strangers:_Stories_of_the_Kindertransport Year Published: 2000 Resource Type: Film/Video Cx Number: CX25379 A documentary film about the British 1930s rescue operation known as the Kindertransport, which smuggled over 10,000 Jewish and other children from Nazi Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Danzig to Great Britain. Abstract: - The story of Kindertransport is told from the children's point of view. They were taken into foster homes and housed in hostels in Britain, expecting to be reunited with their parents eventually, but most of them never saw their families again. The documentary features interviews of survivors and foster parents as well as artifacts, photographs and rare footage. It has been written and directed by Mark Jonathan Harris, produced by Deborah Oppenheimer and narrated by Judi Dench. Subject Headings |