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Mark Jonathan Harris' Oscar-winning documentary tells the story of an underground railroad -- the Kindertransport -- that saved the lives of more than 10,000 Jewish children at the dawn of World War II. Through interviews and archival footage, the survivors movingly recount being taken from their families and sent to live with strangers in the relative safety of England. Judi Dench narrates.
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Into the Arms of Strangers was produced with the help of the Holocaust Museum in Washington.
I watched this last night and it was very moving. Especially as a parent. It wasn't graphic like a lot of movies on the holocaust. A very simple look at the wonderful things the British did to save children in Germany, and an honest and not overly dramatic at the not-so-wonderful things.
It showed how hard it was on the children who were sent away, and on the families that took them in. And something I hadn't thought of, how hard it was to go back to your real family, if they were lucky enough to survive. After 6 years in england, they often didn't speak german anymore and weren't the little children that were given up.
My daughter had questions about the children taking the train to the country in The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. I think I'm going to show her this movie to help answer some of those.
05-15-08, 09:50
Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport 
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