Truus' Children

Truus' Children

90 mins | Documentary, History | March 8, 2020

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.

Truus' Children

90 mins | Documentary, History | March 8, 2020

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.
Producers Special Eyes Productions
Original title De Kinderen van Truus
Directors Jessica van Tijn, Pamela Sturhoofd
Writers

Cast

Truus Wijsmuller

as Self (archive footage)

Philip de Groot

as Self

Peter Nebel

as Self

Eric Cohen

as Self

Arthur Adler

as Self

Norbert Ripp

as Self

Wolf Helmreich

as Self

Harry Jacobi

as Self

Kurt Gottschalk

as Self

Gerti Colden

as Self

Lord Alf Dubs

as Self

Josef Eisinger

as Self

Dolly Loots

as Self