Kees Vanderheyden, now a children's author living in Quebec, tells a class of school children his story about the brutal German occupation of Holland in World War II that he lived through and how his mother took in a skinny little girl from Austria named Traudi Berndl as part of and inspiring project organized by visionary individuals in the Red Cross. 60 years later, Kees, began a search for the little girl who had so memorably marked his youth. It took him 5 years to find Traudi. The film gives place to the children to express their emotional reactions to Kees touching story.
Kees Vanderheyden, now a children's author living in Quebec, tells a class of school children his story about the brutal German occupation of Holland in World War II that he lived through and how his mother took in a skinny little girl from Austria named Traudi Berndl as part of and inspiring project organized by visionary individuals in the Red Cross. 60 years later, Kees, began a search for the little girl who had so memorably marked his youth. It took him 5 years to find Traudi. The film gives place to the children to express their emotional reactions to Kees touching story.
