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Into the Arms of Strangers

Wow, talk about a documentary that will rip your heart out and stomp that sucker flat….

This is the story of the kindertransport. In 1938 & 1939 organizers in Britain managed to get the Nazis to allow 10,000 (mostly Jewish) children out of the country, and they were taken into homes in Britain. The story is told through interviews with children who were part of the transport. One woman’s father couldn’t bear to let her go, and ended up pulling her out the window of the train as it began to leave and took her home. When she was finally rescued after 10 concentration camps, she was 14 years old and weighed 58lbs. Most of the children’s parents were killed during the war in concentration camps, but a few discussed how difficult it was to be reunited with their parents after being away from them for 6-9 years. Their parents sent away 8-10 year olds, and got back teenagers/young adults. One woman talked about going to Britain and going house to house begging for jobs for her parents so that they could get out of Germany before the war started.

Very compelling.

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