Timewatch · SEASON 12
The Stolen Child
Episode 3 · 1993-02-10
- Documentary
Episode overview
During the Second World War the Nazis snatched 200,000 Aryan-looking Polish children from their mothers to replenish the "master race" back in Germany. This film tells the extraordinary story of two cousins who were stolen on the same day, 4-year-old Alojzy and 10-year-old Leon. Alojzy was adopted by a "good" Nazi family and soon forgot his Polish past, becoming a model German. When Alojzy was told at age 12 of his Polish parentage, he was horrified, believing the Poles to be Untermensch ("less than human"). It was years before he could accept his real mother and years before the Polish people forgave him his German identity.
50 minutes
Season 12 episodes
1. Allied to the Mafia1993-01-13
2. The Sparks That Lit the Bonfire1993-01-27
3. The Stolen Child1993-02-10
4. The Secret File on J. Edgar Hoover1993-02-24
5. The Pill: Prescription for Revolution1993-03-10
6. Buffalo Bill1993-03-24
7. Special: Battle of the Bombers1993-04-07
8. On Behalf of the State: Memories of Hanging1993-06-02
9. True Story of the Roman Arena1993-09-15
10. The Mother of All Battles1993-09-29
11. Hunger Strike: A Hidden History1993-10-13
12. Children of the Third Reich1993-11-10
13. The Mysterious Career of Lee Harvey Oswald1993-11-21
14. Chairman Mao the Last Emperor1993-12-20
