About this Event
385 East 8th Street, Claremont, CA
https://www.cmc.edu/athenaeum/50-children-rescue-mission-mr-and-mrs-krausFilmmaker and author Steven Pressman will screen and discuss his documentary film based on his book which tells the previously unknown story about an American couple who traveled into Nazi Germany and Nazi-occupied Vienna in 1939 to bring a group of Jewish children to the safety of the United States. At the time, 67% of Americans polled opposed a bill in the US Congress to admit refugee children. Yet leaving behind their own young children, the Krauses devised a plan, gathered paperwork, raised money, and traveled to Europe on a rescue mission of a lifetime. SPECIAL SCHEDULE: Dinner will be served at 5:50 pm. Film will be screened during dinner starting at 6:00 pm and will be followed by comments from Steven Pressman and audience Q & A.