The Children Who Fought Hitler - BBC docu

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The Children Who Fought Hitler

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over kinderen van een Britse kolonie expats in Ieper (Ypres) die tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog in het verzet gingen tegen de Duitsers.

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van de BBC:

Documentary telling the forgotten story of a heroic battle fought by the children of the British Memorial School to help liberate Europe from the Nazis.

The school served a unique horticultural community of ex-First World War soldiers and their families living in Ypres in Belgium who lovingly tended the war graves. Steeped in ideals of patriotic service and sacrifice, many pupils and ex-pupils refused to surrender to the invading Nazi forces.

Three surviving school pupils tell their extraordinary stories of resistance, illustrated with rare archive film. Elaine Madden dramatically escaped to England where she joined the Special Operations Executive and was dropped into Belgium to work as a spy and saboteur. Jerry Eaton joined the RAF taking on especially dangerous missions over Europe and would later become a wing commander. Stephen Grady joined the French resistance where, as a young teenager, he became adept in sabotage and secret attacks on German troops.

The film is a much deserved tribute to the courage, sacrifice and heroism of the Memorial School children.

Is een herhaling. Maar wel een steengoede docu. Iemand zou deze eens mogen toevoegen, op MM en imdb.