Kindertransport: Remembering & Rethinking
A documentary series using firsthand testimony to uncover the story of the Kindertransport - the rescue of 10,000 Jewish children from Germany and Austria in 1938-39.
Podcasting since 2019 • 12 episodes
Kindertransport: Remembering & Rethinking
Latest Episodes
Bonus episode: Interview with 'One Life' director James Hawes
To mark the release of the Warner Brothers motion picture 'One Life' (starring Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Flynn), Alex Maws sits down with the film's director, James Hawes, to discuss the story of Sir Nicholas Winton and h...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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25:40
Episode 10: Legacies
The series finale, but where does the story of the Kindertransport actually end? How has the memory of the Kindertransport affected those who experienced it, and how has it impacted us on a societal level? Historian Amy Williams weighs in and B...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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33:21
Episode 9: Twenty-five Words
Letters between the Kindertransport refugees and their parents first served as a lifeline to home, but when war breaks out all that is allowed are brief messages transmitted through the International Red Cross. Many parents try to reassure thei...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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24:10
Episode 8: Enemy Aliens
Anti-German panic sets in and following Winston Churchill's edict to "collar the lot", all adult Germans and Austrians in the UK -- including Jewish refugees from the Kindertransport who were over 16 -- become "enemy aliens". Restrictions are i...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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30:02