"The Hidden Children In July 1942, the French authorities collaborated with the Germans to round up Jews and send them to concentration camps - it was a betrayal on an enormous scale. However, many ordinary French people risked their lives to save thousands of Jews - particularly the children. Many of these children did not make it, but tonight's edition of Timewatch features the stories of four who did. Told in their own words, these are hair-raising stories of what it was like being secretly hidden from the Nazis in France. The children were taken in by individuals and organisations, who were determined that even though their parents were killed, they should live. Today, they look like anyone's grandparents, yet their pasts include narrow escapes, incredible adventures, great heroism, guilt and painful loss. As these survivors return to the places in the French countryside where they were hidden 60 years ago, powerful emotions are released. The terrible experiences they encountered as children - between the ages of 6 and 15 - have shaped the rest of their lives. They lost their parents and their childhoods."
