Blog: Inspiring New Documentary '50 Children: The Rescue Mission Of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus' Premieres On HBO Monday April 8th

There will never be enough stories told about the holocaust and these films serve to keep that dark chapter of history alive so people never forget. To commemorate Holocaust Remembrance Day, HBO premieres a new documentary, 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus this Monday at 9 p.m. Other HBO playdates: April 11 (12:30 a.m.), 12 (4:30 p.m.), 15 (11:30 a.m.), 18 (12:30 p.m.), 20 (2:30 p.m.) and 28 (11:30 a.m.)

This outstanding film 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. 

The program is narrated by Alan Alda, with Mamie Gummer reading from the memoir of Mrs. Kraus.

Sandi Berg is also a freelance journalist and writes about television for several magazines including Written By (Writer's Guild of America), Life After 50 and Whole Life Times Magazine.