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50 children : one ordinary American couple's extraordinary rescue mission into the heart of Nazi Germany /

Based on the acclaimed HBO documentary, the astonishing 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 rig...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pressman, Steven, 1955- (Author)
Other Authors: Shapiro, Paul A. (writer of afterword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Harper, [2014]
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Children > Austria.
World War, 1939-1945 > Jews > Rescue > Austria.
Kraus, Gilbert, > -1975.
Kraus, Eleanor, > -1989.
Children > Nazi persecution.
Jewish children > Austria.
Refugee children > United States.
Jewish refugees > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The plan
  • The rescue
  • New lives.