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Children Nazi persecution Jewish children Austria Jewish refugees United States Kraus, Eleanor -1989 Kraus, Gilbert -1975 Refugee children United States World War, 1939-1945 Children Austria World War, 1939-1945 Jews Rescue Austria

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

Pressman, Steven

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Summary: 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 rigid immigration laws made it virtually impossible for European Jews to seek safe haven in the United...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5318 PRE

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