The Children of Teheran
Documentary Films • 57m
The rescue of the Children of Teheran from the clutches of the Final Solution in Europe stands out as one of the key stories of rescue in the history of modern Zionism. This is the never-before documented story of the audacious rescue of 800 Jewish children from occupied Poland, through Tehran.
Year: 2007
Language: Hebrew, English subtitles
Director: Yehuda Kaveh
Producers: Dalia Guttman, David Tour
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