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demmiblue

(36,952 posts) Thu Jan 27, 2022, 08:45 PM Jan 2022

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This man is invited on a TV show, but he has no clue why everyone suddenly stands up: [View all]

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This #HolocaustRemembranceDay, I'm thinking of the children; their angelic and confused faces as they were shuffled along by their parents to the ghettos, the trains, the camps, the gas chambers. Genocide through the eyes of a child is so heartbreaking. #NeverForget

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This man is invited on a TV show, but he has no clue why everyone suddenly stands up: [View all] demmiblue Jan 2022 OP

O...my heart.. Deuxcents Jan 2022 #1

I got a speck of something in my eye multigraincracker Jan 2022 #2

Same here. It must the the cats or something. TheBlackAdder Jan 2022 #22

Wow! That gives one's tear ducts a workout! Wonderful story, wonderful man. justhanginon Jan 2022 #3

OMG Such a beautiful story. Wow. nt okaawhatever Jan 2022 #4

Sir Nicholas Winston MyMission Jan 2022 #5

My eyes tear up every time I see this. Thunderbeast Jan 2022 #6

As I became older canetoad Jan 2022 #11

I was born only three years after the end of the war. NYC's Ellis Island was the destination.... George II Jan 2022 #19

O..my Friend Deuxcents Jan 2022 #14

Indeed. calimary Jan 2022 #29

.... barbtries Jan 2022 #7

K&R brer cat Jan 2022 #8

Wonderful story FakeNoose Jan 2022 #9

I saw this before many years ago on PBS I think rurallib Jan 2022 #10

Your question is one that ALL of us wnylib Jan 2022 #33

Amy Siskind tweet from 2018 alterfurz Jan 2022 #47

Good tweet. Needs to be passed along wnylib Jan 2022 #48

Chopping whole barrels of onions... n/t TygrBright Jan 2022 #12

What a beautiful story. I had never heard of him and I venture to say he wanted it that way. LoisB Jan 2022 #13

This is a story ChazII Jan 2022 #15

The story of Sir Nicholas Winton never ceases to take my breath away GeoWilliam750 Jan 2022 #16

❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️ Lucinda Jan 2022 #17

I've seen this a number of times over the years. Gets to me every time. Sir Nicholas Winton.... George II Jan 2022 #18

Incredible. I saw this once before. What an incredible man. MLAA Jan 2022 #20

Thank you so much for posting. What a moving tribute to a man who saved so many lives. Lonestarblue Jan 2022 #21

Again...just... JoeOtterbein Jan 2022 #23

What a beautiful human being. Such a heart warming story, that warms my heart, especially SWBTATTReg Jan 2022 #24

20 seconds in I was weeping Chili Jan 2022 #25

Wow. Just wow. TomSlick Jan 2022 #26

That man was truly a savior. XacerbatedDem Jan 2022 #27

Daaaaaaaaaaayum ... calimary Jan 2022 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author kimbutgar Jan 2022 #30

I remember seeing this on tv years ago and it made me cry. kimbutgar Jan 2022 #31

Every time I see this my reaction is the same KS Toronado Jan 2022 #32

19 May 1909 - 1 July 2015 Nittersing Jan 2022 #34

I read this man's story years ago, it still makes me weep. I am so glad he was thusly honored by the ShazamIam Jan 2022 #35

Dammit! Who's chopping onions??? n/t VWolf Jan 2022 #36

And then this... homegirl Jan 2022 #37

Oh my Wild blueberry Jan 2022 #38

This.... turbinetree Jan 2022 #39

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jan 2022 #40

He lived to be 106. joshcryer Jan 2022 #41

Stop making me cry. murielm99 Jan 2022 #42

Well that made me cry. Chicago1980 Jan 2022 #43

I like that. OLDMDDEM Jan 2022 #44

Well, you got me...blubbering like an old fool. Thank you! I needed that. cayugafalls Jan 2022 #45

Rt TY Cha Jan 2022 #46

We must never forget Demovictory9 Jan 2022 #49

I'm not crying, YOU'RE crying! 11 Bravo Jan 2022 #50