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Title:

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

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Seventh Art Releasing,

Copyright Date:

2013

Description:

1 videodisc (63 min.) : sound, color and black & white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Kraus, Gilbert,--1897-1975.
Kraus, Eleanor,--1903-1989.
World War, 1939-1945--Rescue.--Rescue.
Jewish children in the Holocaust--Vienna.--Vienna.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Vienna.--Vienna.
Refugee children--United States.
Kraus, Eleanor,--1903-1989
Kraus, Gilbert,--1897-1975
Jewish children in the Holocaust.
Refugee children.
Austria--Vienna.
United States.
1939-1945
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Feature films.

Other Authors:

Pressman, Steven, 1955- film producer. screenwriter, film producer.
Alda, Alan, 1936- narrator.
Gummer, Mamie, 1983- voice actor.
HBO Documentary Films, production company.
Home Box Office (Firm), production company.
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, production company.
Seventh Art Releasing (Firm), film distributor.

Notes:

Narrator, Alan Alda ; Mamie Gummer, voice of Eleanor Kraus. Originally produced in 2013.

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.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)863642321

UPC:

632181349854

Locations:

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)