‘I didn’t want to go to England. I wanted to go to the zoo!' 9 November 1938 and the Reichspogromnacht - the Night of the Pogroms - in Nazi Germany. Synagogues were set ablaze, Jewish shops destroyed and ransacked, Jews deported to concentration camps. But the lives of 10,000 Jewish children aged 2 to 17 years would be saved as the British government, the only government in the world that opened its border, permitted them to enter Britain. Hans-Werner Kroesinger’s documentary production is based on reports and documents by Kindertransport children. It is the story of a journey to a foreign country and of a farewell forever. Performed in German with English subtitles. Die Kindertransporte is part of Borderlines an International Theatre Partnership between West Yorkshire Playhouse and Theater an der Parkaue Berlin in conjunction with German Cultural Foundation, Kulturstiftung des Bundes. The Borderlines project sends German and English young people between 16 and 20 out to explore borders within their cities. Borderlines is funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation / Wanderlust Fund| 9 Feb 10 to 10 Feb 10 | Leeds Playhouse (formerly West Yorkshire Playhouse) Leeds, West Yorkshire Performance Details => Venue archive |
