JIFF: Truus' Children

“Lays out a powerful case for raising Truus’ name to the misty peaks of fame… a story grippingly told and poetically paced.” - The Cambridge Critique

Before and during WWII, the little-known 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.

Featuring interviews with the surviving children, alongside an original recording of Truus Wijsmuller, Truus’ Children is a moving documentary that pays tribute to the bravery of a single extraordinary woman.

Read: The Jewish Holocaust Centre provides more context on Truus' Children. 

Rating

E

Language

English, Dutch (English subtitles)

Director

Pamela Sturhoofd, Jessica van Tijn