50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. And Mrs. Kraus

This inspiring documentary charts the journey of Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus, as they traveled into the heart of Nazioccupied Vienna and Nazi Germany in 1939 to save 50 Jewish children from the impending horrors of the Holocaust. In the spring of 1939, a Jewish lawyer and his wife left their comfortable home and two young children in Philadelphia and embarked on a bold plan to rescue fifty children from Nazi-controlled Vienna. Despite the oncoming horrors of the Holocaust, Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus bravely traveled into the heart of the Nazi empire in an effort to save innocent lives. Their unlikely mission would turn an ordinary American couple into extraordinary heroes. Their incredible story has never been told ... until now. (HBO Europe)