This podcast is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Diane Samuels’ play about families, secrets and survival takes us to the days of the impending Holocaust. As conditions deteriorated in Germany in the 1930s, many tried in vain to escape. But thanks to a British humanitarian effort, about 10,000 Jewish children from Germany and neighboring countries were relocated to live with families in the United Kingdom, while their parents stayed behind. This passage to freedom became known as Kindertransport.Recorded in Los Angeles before a live audience at The James Bridges Theater, UCLA in June 2013.Directed by Jeanie HackettProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergJane Kaczmarek as HelgaHugo Armstrong as Ratcatcher/OthersShannon Lee Clair as EvaAngela Paton as LilMolly C. Quinn as FaithSusan Sullivan as EvelynSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.