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50 Children: The Story of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus

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Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus pose with the rescued children on the SS President Harding, 1939. Courtesy of PerlePress Productions

Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus pose with the rescued children on the SS President Harding, 1939. Courtesy of PerlePress Productions

In 2013, HBO, in association, with the Museum, released the documentary 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus. The film chronicles the efforts of Gilbert Kraus and his wife, Eleanor—two Americans who undertook the successful rescue of 50 Jewish children from Vienna in the late spring of 1939.

Join us for a screening of the film followed by a conversation with Pressman and Leslie Swift and the National Institute for Holocaust Documentation.

Speakers
Steven Pressman, Filmmaker of 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus
Leslie Swift, Chief, Film, Oral History, and Recorded Sound, National Institute for Holocaust Documentation, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Event Chairs
Michael and Julie Frayman

This program is free and open to the public but reservations are required.For more information, please call 847.433.8099 or midwest@ushmm.org.

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