Their stories will stay with you. They were the innocent, but tormented children of the last Jewish school, which was finally closed down in 1942, when Berlin felt the full force of Hitler's dictatorship. Hosted by actor Anthony Hopkins, Steven Spielberg's The Lost Children of Berlin brings to life a dark and haunting moment in history, as it offers a thought provoking, well-documented presentation on pre-war Jewish life seen through the eyes of a child. Weaving together photos and archival footage to retrace the beginning of the Nazi reign, it is the voices and harrowing tales that viewers will long remember. There are stories of being stoned and shunned, of pets taken away and fed poison meat, of mothers with nervous breakdowns, and fathers dragged away by Nazis, never to be seen again. And one by one friends attempt to flee, desks grow empty, and fear becomes inescapable. But the worst was yet to come. These school children indelibly learned one lesson: how to survive. Highly recommended. Editor's Choice. Aud: H, C, P. (M. K. Lau)
The Lost Children of Berlin
(A&E, 50 min., $19.95, PPR, avail. Oct. 28) Vol. 12, Issue 5
The Lost Children of Berlin
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