| Into The Arms Of Strangers - Stories Of The Kindertransport [VHS] | ![Into The Arms Of Strangers - Stories Of The Kindertransport [VHS]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41S9Y42HVGL._SL160_.jpg) | Director: Mark Jonathan Harris
Actors: Judi Dench, Alexander Gordon, Lory Cahn, Kurt Fuchel, Eva Hayman
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: Video
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Sales Rank: 169,365
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), German (Original Language)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: VHS Tape
Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 122 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0790753081
UPC: 085391887232
EAN: 9780790753089
ASIN: B00005MEPK
Release Date: August 28, 2001
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This Academy Award®-winning documentary (produced with the cooperation of the United States Holocaust Museum) chronicles one of the lesser-known stories of the Holocaust: that of the kindertransport, which saved the lives of 10,000 Jewish children. In the late 1930s, England agreed to accept these children seeking refuge from Nazi oppression. They were placed in foster homes and hostels. Narrated by Dame Judi Dench and directed by Mark Jonathan Harris (who received an Oscar® for his 1997 Holocaust documentary The Long Way Home), this devastating and deeply moving film bears witness to the kindness of these "simply wonderful people" and to the resilience of the kinder, now elderly, who recall in haunting stories the unimaginable grief of being suddenly torn from their parents, the trauma of not knowing whether they would ever see them again, and the difficulties some faced in their new homes. Recalls one, "None of the foster parents with whom I stayed could stand me for very long. But all of them had the grace to take in a Jewish child." But despite having their youth uprooted, many possess an indomitable spirit. One woman speaks of devoting her adult life to human rights and social justice causes. "I can't pay back or thank some of the people who helped me," she states, "But I can do something for other people." --Donald Liebenson
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