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International:
50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. & Mrs. Kraus
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New York Premiere of the HBO Documentary
50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. & Mrs. Kraus
Directed by Steven PressmanPhotos by:
Joyce Brooks
When much of the world closed its eyes
to the terrors of
Nazi Germany, one American couple risked
everything to save Jewish children from an unimaginable fate
The documentary premieres on
Holocaust Remembrance Day, April 8th
(9:00 - 10:05pm ET/PT), exclusively on HBO
www.50childrenfilm.com
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The surviving
children who were rescued from Vienna are now in their
seventies and eighties. From New York City to Netanya,
Israel, their memories, images and voices add a rich
vibrancy that lies at the heart of 50
Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus.
www.50childrenfilm.com
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Sheila Nevins,
President HBO Documentary Films |
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Paul Shapiro,
Director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Center for
Advanced Studies, Alan Alda, Film's narrator,
and Steven Pressman, Director |
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Henny Wenkart
and Dr. Erwin Tepper,
Two of the 50 rescued children |
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Paul Shapiro, Henny
Wenkart and Steven Pressman |
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Liz Perle The Kraus' granddaughter
and Ginger Kraus |
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Lana Iny, Vice
President Media Relations HBO,
Ambassador Ido Aharoni, Israeli Consul General
and his lovely wife Julie |
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Alan Alan with Henny
Wenkart |
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Dr. Erwin Tepper,
Alan Alda & Henny Wekart |
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Alan Alda, Sheila
Nevins, Steven Pressman and Paul Shapiro |
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Claire Gozzo and Joe
Sirolo |
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Errol Rappaport and
Gary Springer |
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Paul Shapiro and
Joyce Brooks |
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Errol Rappaport,
Elizabeth Cier, Nicholas Guest and Soli Pierce |
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Joyce Brooks |
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50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. & Mrs. Kraus
Narrated by
Alan Alda, with Mamie Gummer reading from the memoir of
Mrs.
Kraus, this inspiring documentary is co-presented by the
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
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www.50childrenfilm.com |
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