Aug 04, 2013
62 min
Full-HD

50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus (2013)

In the spring of 1939, Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus embarked on a risky and unlikely mission. Traveling into the heart of Nazi Germany, they rescued 50 Jewish children from Vienna and brought them to the United States.

Category

Documentary War

Country

United States of America

Companies

HBO Documentary Films PerlePress Productions

Alan Alda

Narrator (voice)

Mamie Gummer

Eleanor Kraus (voice)

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