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Emotive presentation of the film documentary “My Knees Were Jumping” in Vienna

28. March 2017

At the end of March, the filmmaker Melissa Hacker presented the 76 minute-long documentary film “My Knees Were Jumping. Remembering The Kindertransports” in Vienna for the very first time. The author Doron Rabinovici spoke with the director in the Votivkino movie theater.

People at farewell
Scene from the documentary film “My Knees Were Jumping” Photo: Melissa Hacker

Based on the story of her mother, Ruth Morley, Melissa Hacker recounts the poignant narrative of the Kindertransports in this documentary for the first time. In 1938/39, some 10,000 Jewish children were rescued from Austria, Germany, Poland and Czechoslovakia and taken to England, in particular on the initiative of Nicholas Winton.

Ruth Morley, born in Vienna in 1925, was one of these children. Unlike Ruth, many of the children never saw their parents again. The documentary, Hacker’s directorial debut, connects personal experiences with historical facts.

More information:

  • www.kindertransport.org
  • The Kindertransport Association
A man and a woman talking at a round table
The author Doron Rabinovici in conversation with Melissa Hacker at the Votivkino. Photo: JWS
Photography of a girl with a bunch of flowers
Ruth Morley Photo: M. Hacker

 

 

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