Into the Arms of Strangers
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. Into the Arms of Strangers recounts the remarkable story of this rescue operation, known as the Kindertransport, and its dramatic impact on the lives of the children who were saved.
This award winning documentary includes interviews with many of these children in addition to one child's mother, an English foster mother, a survivor of Auschwitz who didn't go to England, and two of the kindertransport organizers.
Kindertransport 1938 - 1940Learn more about the Kindertransport and other events related to the Holocaust at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum website.
Prominent in Eva's memory are the images from her childhood storybook Der Rattenfänger von Hameln. Literally translated as The Ratcatcher in our play, this mythic figure is better known to children in America as The Pied Piper.
Whatever truth may have been behind this frightening tale has been obscured by more than 700 years of history and poetry.
However, the truth within the story still resonates with readers: nothing equals the value of one's children.
