JCC's Jewish & Israeli Film Festival: "50 Children"

50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus

In partnership with the Holocaust Resource Center and Eydie and Neil Glickstein in memory of Eydie's father Maurice Mann, a survivor from Paris

Running time: 62 minutes

Refreshments available after the screening

50 Chlildren tells the dramatic, previously untold story of Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus, a Jewish couple from Philadelphia who followed their conscience, traveling to Nazi-controlled Vienna in the spring of 1939 to save a group of children. Amidst the impending horrors of the Holocaust, they put themselves in harm's way to bring what would become the single largest-known group of children allowed into the U.S. during that time. One of the children featured in the film, Kurt Herman, lived with a foster family in Allentown during the war. He will be here, and after the film's presentation, Mr. Herman will discuss his experience.