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Walter Suskind
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Ries Vanderpol’s Story,
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Piet Meerburg - Historian/Creative Consultant
Mr. Meerburg is a Dutch citizen who worked directly with Suskind during the rescue operation. A non-Jew, Piet dropped out of law school to form the main Amsterdam resistance group which worked with Suskind in the saving of children. He is currently living in Amsterdam and is our source for many of the saved children as well as the adults that helped Suskind during his operations. Mr. Meerburg is the project’s principal historian.

Karen Morse - Co-Producer/Director
Karen’s background includes experience in education, office management and the travel industry. She serves as creative consultant, researcher and overall logistics and communications coordinator. Karen casts a critical eye on the overall project. Karen has worked with Tim on numerous films projects over the past 30 years.

Dana Bille - Photographer/Technician
Dana is a photographer/videographer whose expertise is in digital technology. He accompanies the team to interviews as our still photographer and technical consultant and is our main resource for the technology of digital film production. Dana and Tim have worked together for fifteen years.

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