Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
In 1938 and 1939, about 10,000 children, most of them Jews, were sent by their parents from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia to the safety of England where foster families took most of them in for the duration of the war. Years later, eleven kinder, one child's mother, an English foster mother, a survivor of Auschwitz who didn't go to England, and two of the kindertransport organizers remember: the days before the Nazis, the mid-to-late 1930s as Jews were ostracized, saying farewell to family, traveling to England, meeting their foster families, writing home, fearing the worst, coping, and trying to find families after the war ended. 1,500,000 children dead; 10,000 saved.
PG
HD
Documentary, History, War
2000
122 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
- Duration : 122 min
- Languages : English, German
- Writers : Mark Jonathan Harris
- Directors : Mark Jonathan Harris min
- Imdb : 7.9 (1323 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.9 (1242 votes)
- Actors : Judi Dench, Lory Cahn, Kurt Fuchel, Eva Hayman
Movie Storyline
In 1938 and 1939, about 10,000 children, most of them Jews, were sent by their parents from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia to the safety of England where foster families took most of them in for the duration of the war. Years later, eleven kinder, one child's mother, an English foster mother, a survivor of Auschwitz who didn't go to England, and two of the kindertransport organizers remember: the days before the Nazis, the mid-to-late 1930s as Jews were ostracized, saying farewell to family, traveling to England, meeting their foster families, writing home, fearing the worst, coping, and trying to find families after the war ended. 1,500,000 children dead; 10,000 saved.