Children Of The Enemy

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Martha Kearney explores the remarkable story of German children fostered by Dutch families soon after the Second World War ended. More than 50 years on, some of these children revisit their former foster homes. More than 60,000 German children being fostered by Dutch families would appear to be 'a kind of miracle' only years after brutal Nazi occupation. The children stayed for six months between 1948 and 1950. In addition to several personal recollections, Barbara Martin returns to the house she stayed in as an eight year-old, to meet Aunt Coby who fostered 14 children during that time. Producer: Hans Pietsch First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2001.