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50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus / To Save a Life (USA, 2013) is a documentary directed by Steven Pressman, narrated by Mamie Gummer and Alan Alda. <doc>

The film tells the story of Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus, a Jewish couple from Philadelphia who traveled to Nazi Germany in 1939 and, with the help of the B'rith Sholom fraternal organization, saved Jewish children in Vienna from likely death in the Holocaust by finding them new homes in Philadelphia.

The documentary premiered on HBO in 2013 on Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day. Some of those who were rescued were interviewed for the film.

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