The Lost Children of Berlin


60m 1997

Brief Synopsis

Documentary profiles the return of fifty surviving pupils from Grosse Hamburgerstrasse School, the last Jewish school in Berlin to be closed down by the Gestapo in April 1942. Fifty years later these students from all over the world gather at a reunion at the school which has been recently reopened.

Film Details

Also Known As
Lost Children of Berlin
Genre
Documentary
Historical
Release Date
1997
Production Company
Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

Synopsis

Documentary profiles the return of fifty surviving pupils from Grosse Hamburgerstrasse School, the last Jewish school in Berlin to be closed down by the Gestapo in April 1942. Fifty years later these students from all over the world gather at a reunion at the school which has been recently reopened. Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation collected video testimonies from the attending survivors as they recall their lives and discuss the circumstances surrounding the closing of the school.

Film Details

Also Known As
Lost Children of Berlin
Genre
Documentary
Historical
Release Date
1997
Production Company
Steven Spielberg's Shoah Foundation

Technical Specs

Duration
60m

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