50 children

Description:

Based on the acclaimed HBO documentary, the astonishing true story of how one American couple, Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus, transported fifty Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Austria to America in 1939 -- the single largest group of unaccompanied refugee children allowed into the United States during a time when deep-seated anti-Semitism and isolationism gripped much of the country.

subjects: Jewish refugees,  Rescue,  Refugee children,  Nazi persecution,  Jewish children,  World War, 1939-1945,  Children,  Jews,  Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War) fast (OCoLC)fst01710189,  World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924,  World war, 1939-1945, germany,  World war, 1939-1945, children,  World war, 1939-1945, jews,  Refugees, united states,  Rescue work,  Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945,  Enfants,  Juifs,  Sauvetage,  Persécutions nazies,  Enfants juifs,  Enfants réfugiés,  Réfugiés juifs,  Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945),  Jewish children in the Holocaust

People: Eleanor Kraus (1903-1989),  Gilbert Kraus (1897-1975)

Places: United States,  Austria