I just finished the film 5 minutes ago. This is what I wrote to my friend James Hennessey...
Sitting here trying to dry my eyes because I just got done watching a very
poignant story called My Knees Were Jumping. My buddy (another Jim), sent
me this DVD. It's recalls the Kindertransports from Europe to England. How touching. Touching isn't the word. I just finished viewing it 5 minutes ago, so it is very fresh within my skull.
It was a Sundance Film Festival selection. It was made my one of the daughters of a woman who was forced to leave her parents in Austria when she was very young. So hard to imagine leaving your parents. About 90 percent never saw their parents again. Many of them were gassed.
If you ever get the chance, I would highly recommend buying or watching it.
It's the kind of film that I think most people should watch once. Makes you
think...
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Dogdaddy, thank you so much. I can't tell you how much it affected me. A well done documentary. I don't know what it would be like to leave my parents at age 4, age 9, age 14. I know what it's like to lose a father when I was 12. I guess that is close, so I know the sense of loss. But I still can't imagine being forced to leave with the possibility of never being able to see them again.
So many kids went through this. Too many. I have to go do something else right now. Am getting wet eyes again.
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"