Steven Pressman:
“50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple’s Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany”

Gilbert and Eleanor Kraus never set out to be heroes. But on the eve of the Holocaust, this Jewish couple from Philadelphia took on an extraordinary mission. Against all odds, they traveled into Nazi Germany in a bold and unlikely effort to bring 50 Jewish children back withthem to the safety of the United States. Their story had never been told…until now.

Steven Pressman received an undergraduate degree in political science from the University of California at Berkeley. He worked for many years as a journalist in Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco. He is the author of 50 Children: One Ordinary American Couple’s Extraordinary Rescue Mission into the Heart of Nazi Germany. The book reached #1 on the New York Times bestseller list for e-books in December 2015. Steven is also the writer, director and producer of the documentary film “50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus.” The film premiered on HBO in 2013 and was nominated for an Emmy Award in the category of Outstanding Historical Programming.