Into the Arms of Strangers by Mark Jonathan Harris

TV Producer Deborah Oppenheimer, too, had long wanted to ask her mother, Sylva, about her own wrenching past, but her mother couldn’t bring herself to talk about it. Celebrated documentary filmmaker and professor Mark Jonathan Harris had, his whole life, wished he could have asked questions to his much-loved grandfather, Samuel. The film explores how the children handled the traumas of dislocation and the challenges of leaving their families behind to be taken in by strangers. To email * Your name * Your email * Comment Please tick the box below *Ĭhapter 13. Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport ExtractĭirectorMark Jonathan HarrisproducerDeborah OppenheimerOscar Winner, Best Documentary Feature - 2000summaryInto the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport explores the fascinating and brief moment in history leading up to World War II when Britain opened its doors to 10,000 unaccompanied children from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia who were at risk from the Nazi regime. For both Harris and Oppenheimer, the questions were similar: how do children survive profound trauma? Their shared, long-simmering curiosity would bring. DirectorMark Jonathan HarrisproducerDeborah OppenheimerOscar Winner, Best Documentary Feature - 2000summaryInto the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport explores the fascinating and brief moment in history leading up to World War II when Britain opened its doors to 10,000 unaccompanied children from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia who were at risk from the Nazi regime.

Into the Arms of Strangers by Mark Jonathan Harris