Nicholas Winton dies; saved more than 650 Jewish children from Holocaust
Source: Los Angeles Times
Nicholas Winton, a humanitarian who almost single-handedly saved more than 650 Jewish children from the Holocaust, earning himself the label "Britain's Schindler," has died. He was 106.
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Winton arranged trains to carry children from Nazi-occupied Prague to Britain, battling bureaucracy at both ends and saving them from almost certain death and then kept quiet about his exploits for a half-century.
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Born in London in 1909 to parents of German Jewish descent, Winton himself was raised as a Christian. He was a 29-year-old clerk at the London Stock Exchange when a friend contacted him and told him to cancel the skiing holiday they had planned in late 1938 and travel instead to Czechoslovakia.
Alarmed by the influx of refugees from the Sudetenland region recently annexed by Germany, Winton and his friend feared correctly that Czechoslovakia soon would be invaded by the Nazis and Jewish residents from there would be sent to concentration camps.
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ananda
(28,912 posts)..
niyad
(113,961 posts)Triana
(22,666 posts)MurrayDelph
(5,304 posts)for Nicholas Winton, you will find many stories of him.
This was my favorite:
George II
(67,782 posts)Thank God he was rewarded with a very very long life. RIP.
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)Did you see the look of love in that woman's eyes?
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)I can't think of anything else to say
mcar
(42,469 posts)What a wonderful man!
hedda_foil
(16,379 posts)If you're not familiar with the word, it means "a real person," a stand up guy, a person with heart.
irisblue
(33,058 posts)paraphrased from the Talmud.
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appalachiablue
(41,204 posts)Rest in Peace Nicholas Winton.
Thanks for the post.
sarge43
(28,946 posts)Peaceful passage
brer cat
(24,661 posts)rest in peace. Your name will be long remembered and cherished.
Tempest
(14,591 posts)The best documentary on Winton, IMO. And I've seen them all.
Hekate
(91,030 posts)KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)at least one such among us. Some days I have my doubts, but not today.
SoapBox
(18,791 posts)RIP
mainer
(12,037 posts)I remember walking through it and seeing all the faces of the children he saved. Truly a great man.
sybylla
(8,533 posts)So happy that he had such a long life.
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)RIP.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)as Nicholas Winton about the Kindertransport. It was about the children and their families and the agonizing choices they had to make as to whether to send their children away not knowing if they would ever see them again, but not wanting to risk their lives in Czechoslovakia either. It was well done and very heartbreaking. I would highly recommend it.
merrily
(45,251 posts)new one never lessens. No words.
Boomerproud
(7,985 posts)so I was exposed to the horror stories at a pretty young age. The banality of evil-perfect phrase. Mr. Winston obviously belongs in the same class as Schindler and Wallenberg.
Behind the Aegis
(54,060 posts)May his memory live on as he rests in peace.
dembotoz
(16,866 posts)leftynyc
(26,060 posts)He certainly did his part here on earth.
merrily
(45,251 posts)GOLGO 13
(1,681 posts)He was a righteous bad-ass.