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Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

20007.42h 2m

Overview

In the nine months prior to World War II, 10.000 innocent children left behind their families, their homes, their childhood, and took the journey... to Britain to escape the Nazi Holocaust.

Directed by Mark Jonathan Harris
Written by Mark Jonathan Harris
Produced by Deborah Oppenheimer
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Top Cast

Judi Dench

Judi Dench

Self - Narrator (voice)

Themes & Keywords

englandrefugeeholocaust (shoah)kindertransportnsdap (nazi party)children in wartime

About Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport is a documentary, history, war film released in 2000 exploring themes of england, refugee, holocaust (shoah), kindertransport, nsdap (nazi party), children in wartime. Directed by Mark Jonathan Harris, it stars Judi Dench. In the nine months prior to World War II, 10.000 innocent children left behind their families, their homes, their childhood, and took the journey... to Britain to escape the Nazi Holocaust.

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