Into The Arms Of Strangers: Stories Of The Kindertransport

The heartbreaking and inspiring story of 10,000 children saved from the Nazi regime. In Nov. 1938, international public opinion was shocked by the news of Kristallnacht -- the anti-Jewish pogrom that led to the burning of synagogues and the first mass arrests of Jewish men. Twelve days later, the British gov't. implemented a plan, known as the Kindertransport, which allowed many children to leave the horrors of the Nazi regime, and find temporary refuge within Britain. By the time war was declared in Sept. 1939 this undertaking had saved 10,000 lives. Here, the story of what it was like to grow up in the shadow of the Nazi threat, to escape danger and fear, but also to leave family and friends -- perhaps forever -- is told in the words of those directly involved. Photos.