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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Pressman, Steven, 1955- author.     Subjects     Kraus, Gilbert, 1897-1975.     Kraus, Eleanor, 1903-1989.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Austria -- Vienna.     World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Austria.     Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Austria -- Vienna.     Children -- Nazi persecution.     Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Austria -- Vienna.     Refugee children -- United States.     Jewish refugees -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Pressman, Steven, 1955- author.       by title:      50 children : one or...         MARC Display

50 children : one ordinary American couple's extraordinary rescue mission into the heart of Nazi Germany / Steven Pressman ; with an afterword by Paul Shapiro, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. by Pressman, Steven, 1955- author. New York : Harper Perennial, 2015. Subjects Kraus, Gilbert, 1897-1975.   Kraus, Eleanor, 1903-1989.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Children -- Austria -- Vienna.   World War, 1939-1945 -- Jews -- Rescue -- Austria.   Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Austria -- Vienna.   Children -- Nazi persecution.   Jewish children in the Holocaust -- Austria -- Vienna.   Refugee children -- United States.   Jewish refugees -- United States. ISBN:  0062237489 (paperback) 9780062237484 (paperback) Description:  xiv, 298 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm Edition:  First Harper Perennial edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  Based on the HBO documentary, the true story of how one American couple 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. In early 1939, America's rigid immigration laws made it virtually impossible for European Jews to seek safe haven in the United States. As deep-seated anti-Semitism and isolationism gripped much of the country, neither President Roosevelt nor Congress rallied to their aid. Yet one brave Jewish couple from Philadelphia refused to silently stand by. Risking their own safety, Gilbert Kraus, a successful lawyer, and his stylish wife, Eleanor, traveled to Nazi-controlled Vienna and Berlin to save fifty Jewish children. Drawing from Eleanor Kraus's unpublished memoir, rare historical documents, and interviews with more than a dozen of the surviving children, and illustrated with period photographs, archival materials, and memorabilia, 50 Children is a tale of personal courage and triumphant heroism that offers a fresh, unique insight into a critical period of history.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Kapolei Public Library Adult Nonfiction 940.53183 Pr Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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