Into the Arms of Strangers av Deborah Oppenheimer

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<b>___________________</b><b>BASED ON THE ACADEMY AWARD WINNING FEATURE DOCUMENTARY</b><b>___________________</b><b>''Wonderfully moving ... a noble story, beautifully told'' </b><i>- Daily Mail</i><b>With a preface by Lord Richard Attenborough, this is a moving collection of accounts from some of the 10,000 children rescued from the Nazi Regime and brought to the UK by the Kindertransport scheme - and an important contribution to our national conversation about how we treat refugees.</b>In November 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 government implemented the Kindertransport plan, which allowed many children to leave the horrors of the Nazi regime and find temporary refuge within British families and hostels. By the time war was declared in September 1939, this brave undertaking had saved 10,000 lives. This boo