
Stolen Children
Documentary · History · TV Movie
Overview
June 1941, during World War II. Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler orders the mass abduction of particularly well-bred young children from Poland and the occupied territories of the Soviet Union in order to be educated in German culture, by both state schools and German families…
Top Cast


Elisabeth Lehmann
Elisabeth Lehmann
Herself - Narrator (voice)
Elisabeth Lehmann
Herself - Narrator (voice)
Josef Sowa
Josef Sowa
Himself
Josef Sowa
Himself


Alodia Witaszek
Alodia Witaszek
Herself
Alodia Witaszek
Herself


Hermann Lüdeking
Hermann Lüdeking
Himself
Hermann Lüdeking
Himself
Janina Sowa
Janina Sowa
Herself
Janina Sowa
Herself


Isabel Heinemann
Isabel Heinemann
Herself - Historian
Isabel Heinemann
Herself - Historian


Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler
Himself - Politician (archive footage)
Heinrich Himmler
Himself - Politician (archive footage)
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