Washington, DC Premiere Of The HBO Documentary 50 CHILDREN: THE RESCUE MISSION OF MR. & MRS. KRAUS Directed By Steve Pressman

Washington, DC Premiere Of The HBO Documentary 50 CHILDREN: THE RESCUE MISSION OF MR. & MRS. KRAUS Directed By Steve Pressman








WHO: Steve Pressman (Director), and his wife, Liz Perle -
the Kraus' granddaughter; and Paul Shapiro (Director
of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's
Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies)


WHAT: Washington, DC premiere of the new HBO documentary 50
CHILDREN: THE RESCUE MISSION OF MR. & MRS. KRAUS, the
never-before-told story about an American couple's
dramatic rescue of 50 Jewish children from Nazi
-controlled Vienna on the eve of the Holocaust. The
documentary premieres on Holocaust Remembrance Day,
April 8th (9:00-10:05pm ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.


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.

50 CHILDREN: THE RESCUE MISSION OF MR. & MRS. KRAUS
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 spring 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.
Narrated by Alan Alda, with Mamie Gummer reading from
the memoir of Mrs. Kraus, a part of the Museum's
permanent collection. This inspiring documentary is
co-presented by the United States Holocaust Memorial
Museum.


WHEN: Thursday, April 4th 2013
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7:00PM Screening followed by Q&A


WHERE: UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM
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JOSEPH AND REBECCA MEYERHOFF THEATER

100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW

Washington, DC 20004


RSVP: For interviews please RSVP to Jana Herman, HBO,
jana.herman@hbo.com, (212)-512-1681; Or Jackie
Berkowitz, JBerkowitz@ushmm.org, (202) 488-2637


/PRNewswire -- April 2, 2013/

SOURCE HBO

HBO

Web Site: http://www.hbo.com


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