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Sir Nicholas Winton dies aged 106 (the British Schindler)
The Telegraph ^ | 07-01-2015 | Anita Singh

Posted on 07/01/2015 9:10:04 AM PDT by NRx

Sir Nicholas Winton, who organised the rescue of Jewish children from the Holocaust in 1939, has died aged 106, his family said.

Winton earned himself the label "Britain's Schindler" for saving the lives of 669 children by sending them from Prague to London by train.

His son-in-law Stephen Watson said Sir Nicholas died peacefully in his sleep at Wexham Hospital in Slough.

Sir Nicholas rarely spoke of his achievements in the decades after the Second World War, believing his actions to be unremarkable. But he kept a scrapbook with details and photographs of the children he saved.

(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: austria; czechoslovakia; holocaust; kindertransport; nicholaswinton; nicholaswintonmbe; obituary; obituries; prague; sirnicholaswinton; theholocaust; unitedkingdom
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Memory eternal!
1 posted on 07/01/2015 9:10:04 AM PDT by NRx
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To: NRx

BBC program from 1988 honoring Sir Nicholas. (Warning: Tissue box...)

https://youtu.be/6_nFuJAF5F0


2 posted on 07/01/2015 9:11:02 AM PDT by NRx (An unrepentant champion of the old order and determined foe of damnable Whiggery in all its forms.)
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One man made a difference.

669 children saved.

Multiples of that going into the second and third generations since then.

Well done, thou good and faithful servant.


3 posted on 07/01/2015 9:14:17 AM PDT by exit82 ("The Taliban is on the inside of the building" E. Nordstrom 10-10-12)
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To: NRx
30 year-old saves 669 lives and then lives for 76 more years.

Remarkable.

4 posted on 07/01/2015 9:17:14 AM PDT by FreeReign
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To: FreeReign

RIP, Sir Winton, RIP.


5 posted on 07/01/2015 9:21:09 AM PDT by Radagast the Fool (At my signal, UNLEASH PALIN!!)
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To: exit82

I can add nothing to your comment, except (perhaps) his life is proof against the old adage that “only the good die young”.

Well done, Sir; and may you R.I.P.


6 posted on 07/01/2015 9:22:51 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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To: NRx

RIP


7 posted on 07/01/2015 9:23:15 AM PDT by StoneWall Brigade (Marantha)
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To: NRx

God Bless him!


8 posted on 07/01/2015 9:26:11 AM PDT by gattaca (Republicans believe every day is July 4, democrats believe every day is April 15. Ronald Reagan)
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To: NRx

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c0aoifNziKQ

Longer video, 15min, but a keeper.
RIP Sir Nicholas.


9 posted on 07/01/2015 9:35:51 AM PDT by Buttons12
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Died at 106?!

Guess it was going to happen...

Rest in Peace...


10 posted on 07/01/2015 9:38:00 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: NRx

save for later


11 posted on 07/01/2015 9:48:52 AM PDT by Mercat (Donate to Stop the HildeKraken PAC)
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To: NRx

What a beautiful man.


12 posted on 07/01/2015 9:49:22 AM PDT by Girlene
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What did he die of?


13 posted on 07/01/2015 10:03:26 AM PDT by umgud (When under attack, victims want 2 things; God & a gun)
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He was 106 and died quietly in his sleep. I doubt anyone is going to ask for an autopsy.


14 posted on 07/01/2015 10:06:19 AM PDT by NRx (An unrepentant champion of the old order and determined foe of damnable Whiggery in all its forms.)
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To: NRx
Requiescat in pace


Click The Pic


15 posted on 07/01/2015 10:28:22 AM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: NRx

I think 60 minutes did a story on him. Remarkable!


16 posted on 07/01/2015 11:12:25 AM PDT by Dr. Ursus
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106!! This is becoming more common in western countries, not just in places like Japan or the Himalayas.


17 posted on 07/01/2015 12:06:22 PM PDT by lee martell (The sa)
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The documentary ‘Nicky’s Family’ is available on NetFlix, DVD and streaming


18 posted on 07/01/2015 5:57:34 PM PDT by Ready4Freddy
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To: exit82

His crown awaits. Blessed, indeed.


19 posted on 07/01/2015 5:59:08 PM PDT by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: NRx

Hand salute. That was a life well lived.


20 posted on 07/01/2015 6:02:34 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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