Nicholas Winton ( A great man )

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[ventanax5]

In 1938, Nicholas Winton helped 669 Jewish kids escape certain death from the Nazis. He never told anyone that he did this.

While on ski trip in Switzerland, Winton took a detour in Czechoslovakia to help the children of refugees. Nazi Germany had recently annexed a large part of Czechoslovakia and the news of Kristallnacht, a violent attack on Jews in Germany and Austria, had just reached Prague.

Winton set up a rescue operation for the children, filling out the required paperwork for them to be sent to homes in Sweden and Great Britain. He had to raise money to fund foster homes for all of them, and then he sent 669 children away from Czechoslovakia on trains before the Nazis closed down the borders.

Winton told no one that he did this, not even his wife. In 1988, his wife found a scrapbook full of pictures of the children and letters from parents in their attic. She arranged to have Winton's story appear in newspapers.

[pabianice]

Mazel Tov!

[skr]

What a bit of history! The eye-blurrying kind, too.

[CORedneck]

I love to see the book on this ! great story !

[Borges]

He’s 101!

[Eagles6]

The screen’s all blurry. What’s up with that?

[wbarmy]

The parents were more than happy to see their children leave, knowing their chances for a better life were much better anywhere else.

I wonder how many of the parents were thinking the same thing as they tried to get their children out of Haiti using that Christian organization which got in trouble. The authorities only care about the kids when there is no money crossing their palm.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks ventanax5. Bravo, Mr. Winton!

In 1938, Nicholas Winton helped 669 Jewish kids escape certain death from the Nazis.

[M. Espinola]

Sir Nicholas Winton, a true righteous hero among men during the era of the Shoah.

Exactly 70 years ago hundreds of mostly Jewish Czechoslovak children were saved from their eminent deaths in Nazi concentration camps. All of them and their descendants owe their lives to one man, a Briton named Sir Nicholas Winton, who organized the Winton Train rescue mission from the Czech Republic to Great Britain.

Winton, who just recently celebrated his 100th birthday, did not speak about his heroic act for 50 years. Thanks to his wife, the rest of the world could learn about the rail “Czech Kindertransports” that he organized at the outbreak of World War II in 1939.

The steam train transport reenactment, with some of the now-elderly “Winton children”, brought lots of emotions and awareness to the rest of the world and reminded everybody that even one person’s heroic act can have a great impact on the lives of many others.

[Borges]

Sir Nicholas turns 102 today. Happy Birthday!