Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport

PG 2000 · 122 min · ★ 7.4 · Documentary, History, War

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

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