Bibliograph

50 children, one ordinary American couple's extraordinary rescue mission into the heart of Nazi Germany, Steven Pressman with an afterword by Paul Shapiro

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Label

50 children, one ordinary American couple's extraordinary rescue mission into the heart of Nazi Germany, Steven Pressman with an afterword by Paul Shapiro

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [267]-280) and index

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

50 children

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

858355117

Responsibility statement

Steven Pressman with an afterword by Paul Shapiro

Sub title

one ordinary American couple's extraordinary rescue mission into the heart of Nazi Germany

Summary

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

resource.variantTitle

Fifty children

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