Torn from her home, alone, and unsure of where she was headed, Hanna left Germany on a transport bound for England at just 7 years old.

She would come to learn that she was part of an epic rescue effort that would save nearly 10,000 Jewish children from Hitler’s Nazi regime. Hanna’s parents, Markus and Amalie however, would not make it to safety. They were forced from their home and deported to endure six months of inhumane conditions in the Łódź Ghetto before being murdered in Chelmno, Poland, on May 3, 1942.

In the film 8814, Hanna sits down at 92 years old to personally narrate her story in breathtaking detail. She recounts childhood experience of seeing Hitler parade through her hometown, the heartbreaking journey of discovering her parent’s fate, facing the bitter truth, and turning her vengeful hatred to forgiveness.

The film’s emotional climax takes place when Hanna Zack Miley, the daughter of two Jews murdered in the Holocaust, and Verana Lang, the daughter of a Nazi, embrace in the Jewish cemetery on the outskirts of Hanna’s hometown. Their unlikely friendship conjures the beauty and mystery of reconciliation.

Hanna’s narrative will be interspersed with footage from the National Socialist archives, scenes from her return to Germany, England, and Poland, and hand-made portrayals of her memories created by textile artist, Laura Nathan, whose grandmother also escaped the Holocaust on the Kindertransport. Historical context and authentication will be provided by the reporting of three PhD academics who are authorities on the Holocaust and Kindertransport. Included will also be personal witnesses of Hanna’s journey to heal the past.