Based on true stories, at times heartbreaking, yet sometimes predictable . A sad frightening and just plain horrible time in history. People doing their best to help children, and sometimes that best was not enough.
For the real story, read "Miracles on the Water : The Heroic Survivors of a World War II U-Boat Attack" by Tom Nagorski. Or you can read a good summary at
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-lost-children-of-1940/
https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/the-lost-children-of-1940/
