A gripping tale of survival, The Hidden Child tells the story of a six-year-old girl and her sister, separated from their parents, dodging bullets, lying for survival and relying on the compassion of strangers who risked their own lives to save Jewish children. Today, Dahme devotes her life to the Holocaust and genocide education. Issues such as tolerance, mutual respect and understanding are explored in depth in the documentary as well as in an accompanying teacher guide developed by New Jersey educators for classroom use.

NJN’s award winning production team chronicled the Maud’s journey with New Jersey teachers to the Netherlands. The team included Sara Lee Kessler senior producer, writer and host; Lisa Bair Miller, producer and editor; and Ron Wagner, NJN cameraman. Executive producers are Janice Selinger and Elizabeth Christopherson with original music created by Robert Sands.

March 22, 2007 - NJN Documentary The Hidden Child Goes National		March 15, 2006 - NJN Broadcasts The Hidden Child – The Story of a Holocaust Survivor
Maud Dahme 4 years old, Amersfoort, Netherlands Download Photo		Maud Dahme and sister Rita, 1943 Oldebroek, Netherlands (Photo taken while in hiding) Download Photo
Maud Dahme (2nd from left) with her family just before the war. 1943, Amersfoort, Netherlands Download Photo		Maud and Rita with their ‘Aunt’ Tanny, 1943 Oldebroek, Netherlands Download Photo
Maud and Rita studying. (Maud left, Rita right) 1943, Amersfoort, Netherlands Download Photo		Jo (Maud’s ‘sister’) and Gert van Gulik pictured with Maud Dahme, Elberg, Netherlands Download Photo
Documentary title graphic Download Photo

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