Truus' Children

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Pamela Sturhoofd

Writers

Jessica van Tijn, Pamela Sturhoofd

Language

English

Country

Netherlands

Release date

8 March 2020

Ensemble

Cast

• Truus Wijsmuller

  Self (archive footage)

• Tommy Benford jr.

  Self

• Ilse Bauer-Langsdorf

  Self

• Philip de Groot

  Self

• Didi Ramati-Sonnenfeld

  Self

• Rita Mayer-Brown

  Self

• Mirjam Baitalmi-Szpiro

  Self

• Hannele Jeret-Scheinowitz

  Self

• Necha Nussbaum-Scheinowitz

  Self

• Sophie Scheinowitz

  Self

• Miriam Gutwein-Scheinowitz

  Self

• Ellen Nebel-Weinberg

  Self