Heimkinder

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...