Truus’ Children is a documentary about Dutch war hero Truus Wijsmuller, a woman who saved the lives of thousands of Jewish children. Below you’ll find an overview of the children Truus Wijsmuller saved and who we were able to interview. Click on the images to get more information about their stories. The documentary was broadcast in the Netherlands by the NPO (2 DOC) and was also available on Netflix.

Tommy Benford jr

(1933, Paris)

Ilse Bauer-Langsdorf

(1937, Frankfurt)

Philip de Groot

(1933, Amsterdam)

Didi Ramati-Sonnenfeld

(1932, Hamm)

Rita Meier-Brown

(1926, Friedrichstadt)

Mirjam Baitalmi-Szpiro

(1935, Duisburg)

Hannele Jeret-Scheinowitz

(1923, Leipzig)

Necha Nussbaum-Scheinowitz

(1927, Leipzig)

Sophie Scheinowitz

(1930, Leipzig)

Ellen Nebel-Weinberg

(1925, Hannover)

Peter Nebel

(1928, Hannover)

Eric Cohen

(1928, Kaldenkirchen)

Arthur Adler

(1926, Bad-Wimpfen am Neckar)

Norbert Ripp (Bochum, 1927)

Norbert Ripp

(1927, Bochum)

Bernard Goldfarb

(1928, Duisburg-Hamborn)

Ruth Meador-Amster (1931, Kassel)

Ruth Meador-Amsterdam

(1931, Kassel)

Wolf Helmreich (1930, Cologne)

Wolf Helmreich

(1930, Cologne)

Harry Jacobi

(1925, Berlin)

Joseph Helmreich (1927, Cologne)

Joseph Helmreich

(1927, Cologne)

Helga Nathan-Gottschalk

(1932, Geilenkirchen)

Kurt Gottschalk

(1937, Geilenkirchen)

Gerti Colden

(1924, Vienna)

Lord Alf Dubs

(1935, Prague)

Bea Green-Siegel

(1924, Munich)

Josef Eisinger

(1924, Vienna)

Dolly Loots

(1944, Amsterdam)

Irving Bienstok

(1926, Dortmund)

Leslie Gross-Diamond

(1927, Gelsenkirchen)

Chanita Rodney

(1929, Berlin)