Truus' Children
Before and during WWII, the Dutch war hero Truus Wijsmuller saved the lives of thousands of Jewish children. She was a woman so convinced of her mission that she flew to Vienna to negotiate a deal with Adolf Eichmann to let 10.000 mostly Jewish children leave their birth countries and flee to England and the Netherlands. In this documentary, 23 of the children look back on the extraordinary events.
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Before and during WWII, the Dutch war hero Truus Wijsmuller saved the lives of thousands of Jewish children. She was a woman so convinced of her mission that she flew to Vienna to negotiate a deal with Adolf Eichmann to let 10.000 mostly Jewish children leave their birth countries and flee to England and the Netherlands. In this documentary, 23 of the children look back on the extraordinary events.
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Genre:Documentary, History
Written By:Jessica van Tijn, Pamela Sturhoofd
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Runtime:90 minutes
Studio:Special Eyes Productions
Cast
Pamela Sturhoofd
Director
Truus Wijsmuller
Self (archive footage)
Tommy Benford jr.
Self
Ilse Bauer-Langsdorf
Self
Philip de Groot
Self
Didi Ramati-Sonnenfeld
Self
Rita Mayer-Brown
Self
Mirjam Baitalmi-Szpiro
Self
Hannele Jeret-Scheinowitz
Self
Necha Nussbaum-Scheinowitz
Self
Sophie Scheinowitz
Self
Miriam Gutwein-Scheinowitz
Self
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