50 children : the rescue mission of Mr. & Mrs. Kraus / HBO Documentary Films ; HBO in association with the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum ; written, produced and directed by Steven Pressman ; PerlePress Productions.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: DVD-1065

Overview

Summary: Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus never intended to become heroes. But in early 1939, as conditions were worsening for Jews living inside Nazi Germany, the Philadelphia couple embarked on a risky and improbable mission - an effort to rescue 50 Jewish children and bring them to safety in the United States.
Variant Title: Fifty children : the rescue mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus
Format: Video
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : PerlePress Productions, [2013]
[Los Angeles, CA] : Seventh Art Releasing, [2013?]
©2013
Locale: Austria
Vienna
United States
Other Authors/Editors: Pressman, Steven, 1952-
Alda, Alan, 1936-
Gummer, Mamie, 1983-
PerlePress Productions.
HBO Documentary Films.
Home Box Office (Firm)
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
Seventh Art Releasing (Firm)
Notes: Directors of photography, David Sperling, Andrew Black ; editor, Ken Schneider ; original score, Marco D'Ambrosio.

Narrator, Alan Alda ; Mamie Gummer, voice of Eleanor Kraus.

DVD-R.

Language: English
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (63 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects: World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue. Jewish children in the Holocaust--Austria--Vienna. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--Vienna. Refugee children--United States. Nonfiction television programs. Documentary television programs. Video recordings. Kraus, Gilbert,--1897-1975. Kraus, Eleanor,--1903-1989.

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