Secret Courage - The Walter Suskind Story

This documentary tells the story of Walter Suskind, a German Jew living in Amsterdam who was forced by the Nazis to serve as the Jewish head of deportation at the Hollandsche Schouwburg (the Jewish Theater site) in Amsterdam. Using his fluent German and his skills as an actor and businessman, he orchestrated the escape of almost 1,000 Dutch children and adults from the death camps. Suskind himself died at Auschwitz. Through testimonies by resistance members who knew him, and five of the nearly 1,000 children they saved, the film recreates the his story. The stories are interwoven in a personal style, creating a tale of courage in the face of terror. Including archive footage.