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Title	:	Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
Author	:	Mark Jonathan Harris
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 292 pages
Published	:	October 19th 2001 by Bloomsbury USA (first published 2000)
Categories	:	History. World War II. Holocaust. Nonfiction. War. Biography. Historical

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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.

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Original Title:	Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
ISBN:	1582341621 (ISBN13: 9781582341620)
Edition Language:	English

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Eye-opening and very sad. Sad first to see that most countries simply weren't interested in helping the Jews before it was too late (that includes the USA) and then to see families who decided that in order to save their children they needed to send them away. What these people dealt with is beyond comprehension for me.This book is comprised primarily of first-person narratives of children who were sent from Nazi-occupied territory to England through England's Kindertransport program. Some

In January of 1933 Hitlers National Socialist German Workers party came to power. The repercussions of this had far-reaching consequences that reverberate today.Representing only 1% of the population, approximately 600,000 Jews lived in Germany. Unlike the majority of Germanys population who lived in rural areas, the Jewish population was highly concentrated in the cities of Germany. of the Jewish population were employed and were high contributors to society. They were three times more

Yet another reminder of why books bearing witness are so critical. The people interviewed for this book, most of whom were part of a British program that rescued mostly Jewish children from Germany, Austria and Czechoslovakia in late 1938, tell the harrowing story of how they survived. They also tell the story of their parents who remained behind and did not. Powerful and painful.

I've read quite a few autobiographies of those who survived (or tributes to those that didn't) the Holocaust. But I never knew about the children who were able to leave Nazi occupied Europe because of the Kindertranstport. There were many stories of the various children and how the organization was ran. I was happy to read it.

This book was amazing. I really enjoy it. I think that if people want to understand how hard times were & how selfless some people were they' read this book. I think it would be great being paired with "Island of Hope, Island of Tears". The drive to survive & the human spirit.I think this should be required reading for young people today. Make them see just how selfish they are when they whine & fuss about not getting the newest smartphone or iPad. I honestly think that if some young

Stressful, intense, outstanding read. As the chapters continued, I found myself not-so-subconsciously pulling for each and every one of these children, and their parents. As the book neared its end, I wanted so much to know that each of them found peace in their lives after the war. One of the most encouraging parts of the read was knowing that simply seeing their name on the page meant that they had lived for some time afterward. It was a joy to read that most had married, and enjoyed children

BOOK REVIEW:This book gives the actual text from documentary interviews, as well as further details that didn't fit into the documentary (such as correspondence between Lorraine Allard and her parents prior to the onset of the war). Additional details of Lory Cahn's story are also presented (Lory was literally pulled from the kindertransport by her crippled father who couldn't let her go, she went on to survive spinal meningitis and numerous concentration camps). But the most precious addition