Sir Nicholas Winton

Photos: Unassuming Man Saved Children From Nazis

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The London stockbroker Nicholas Winton, who at age 29 and of his own initiation, went to Prague and made a list of children he would later save from the Holocaust of the second world war – an operation later called Czech Kindertransport. Sir Nicholas Winton was [continue reading].

Documentary: Sir Winton – Saved Children From Nazis

Undated family handout picture of Nicholas Winton with one of the children he rescued: Nicholas Winton who saved the lives of hundreds of Jewish children during the Second World War was today receiving a letter of thanks from the Prime Minister. Mr Winton saved 669 Czechoslovakian boys and girls destined for Nazi concentration camps by smuggling them into safe homes in Britain.

Documentary telling the extraordinary story of how Nicholas Winton rescued 669 children from the clutches of the Nazis, bringing them by train to Britain. London stockbroker saved hundreds of children from the Nazis. Sir Nicholas Winton organised the transport of 669 children to [continue reading].