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The Windermere Children
From left to right with actors behind them: Chaim (Harry) Olmer / played by Kacper Swietek, Arek Hersh/Tomas Studzinski, Sir Ben Helfgott/ Pascal Fischer (in front of Ben), Sam Laskier (sadly died August 2020)/ Marek Wroblewski, Ike Alterman/ Kuba Sprenger, Tim McInnerny played the part of Leonard Montefiore, Ian Glen - Jock Lawrence, Thomas Kretschmann - Oscar Friedmann, Romola Garai - Marie Paneth (The Lake District Holocaust Project.)
March 8, 2023, 10:52 am
Holocaust survivor portrayed in film The Windermere Children to receive OBE
Harry Olmer was one of 300 children liberated from concentration camps and evacuated to the Lake District in July 1945; the BBC film about the group was shortlisted for a BAFTA
By JN Reporter
From left to right with actors behind them: Chaim (Harry) Olmer / played by Kacper Swietek, Arek Hersh/Tomas Studzinski, Sir Ben Helfgott/ Pascal Fischer (in front of Ben), Sam Laskier (sadly died August 2020)/ Marek Wroblewski, Ike Alterman/ Kuba Sprenger, Tim McInnerny played the part of Leonard Montefiore, Ian Glen - Jock Lawrence, Thomas Kretschmann - Oscar Friedmann, Romola Garai - Marie Paneth (The Lake District Holocaust Project.)
May 4, 2021, 2:08 pm
BBC drama ‘The Windermere Children’ shortlisted for a BAFTA
Sir Ben Helfgott, said the show, which told the story of 300 Jewish refugees brought to the UK after the Shoah, 'beautifully evokes the essence of our experience'
Beautiful views at The Samling Hotel in Windermere 
February 3, 2020, 2:21 pm
Discovering the District
Following the BBC drama 'The Windermere Children', Louisa Walters finds beauty and emotive history in Cumbria
By Louisa Walters
From left: Harry Olmer, Kacper Swietek, Arek Hersh, Tomasz Studzinski, Pascal Fischer, Sir Ben Helfgott, Marek Wrobelewski, Sam Laskier, Kuba Sprenger, Ike Alterman
January 26, 2020, 9:26 am
The Windermere Children: ‘Coming here made me feel human again’
Francine Wolfisz meets the cast and survivors portrayed in a BBC2 film exploring the incredible story of 300 Jewish orphans who were brought to Britain after the war
By Francine Wolfisz
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