num_pages: 292
description: The companion to the Academy Award(r) winning feature documentary from Warner Bros.For nine months before the outbreak of World War II, Britain conducted an extraordinary rescue mission. It opened its doors to over 10,000 endangered children-90 per cent of them Jewish-from Germany, Austria, and Czechoslovakia. These children were taken into foster homes and hostels in Britain, expecting eventually to be reunited with their parents. Most of the children never saw their families again.Into the Arms of Strangers recounts the remarkable story of this rescue operation, known as the Kindertransport. It contains stories in their own words from the child survivors, rescuers, parents, and foster parents. The stories are heartbreaking, but they are also inspiring. These are the stories of those who survived with the help of others; they are stories about the strength and resolve of children; and most astonishing, these are stories not yet heard about the Holocaust.
language: English
title: Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
titlecomplete: Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
genres: Historical, History, World War II, Holocaust, War, Biography, 20th Century, Memoir, Nonfiction, Adoption
ratings_count: 899
publisher: Bloomsbury USA