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Heimkinder

1985
1 season
5 episodes
Documentary

Experiential education is centuries old and remains controversial to this day. When two social educators from the Johannes Petersen Home in Hamburg and a teacher traveled to southern Portugal in March 1984 with "criminally conspicuous" children and adolescents, it was a unique educational experiment for the Federal Republic of Germany at the time. The boys were to live together in tents for three months, learning and improving their social behavior.

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  • Ep 1

    1.Picked up, brought back, run away again...

    12-07-198560m

    Experiential education is centuries old and remains controversial to this day. When two social educators from the Johannes Petersen Home in Hamburg and a teacher traveled to southe...

  • Ep 2

    2.Wait until the last one of us is here

    19-07-198565m

    The second film begins in early April with Tarkan's return. He wanted to go back to Hamburg with the stolen 800 marks. The next night, Christian is gone. The group travels on to Li...

  • Ep 3

    3.Best regards from Portugal

    24-12-198743m

    The third film shows the group's everyday life in southern Portugal—living in tents and a small bus with a trailer and the relentless daily school lessons in the spring of 1984.

  • Ep 4

    4.Tomorrow everything will be completely different

    24-12-198742m

    Christian's participation in this trip was only made possible through close cooperation between his probation officer, the public prosecutor, and the educators at the Johannes Pete...

  • Ep 5

    5.The path of least resistance

    24-12-198780m

    Social workers and teachers travel to Portugal with children from Hamburg who, after living in broken families, on the streets, or in criminal circles, have been placed in homes, i...

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