Nicholas Winton "The British Schindler", Has Died Age 106

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...01435775978397

He was credited with saving, through his personal initiative, the lives of at least 669 boys and girls. For decades after the war, he kept his work secret.

[walkonby]

I never knew of this man gryphon, thanks for posting. Long life , wow 106 years young!

[Shwa Girl]

Wow what a nice long and fulfilling life. RIP.

[Darth Penguin]

http://forum.smartcanucks.ca/393481-...nsport-canada/

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RIP Nichoas Winton

[avoncallingu]

A very humble man who quietly saved generations of young Jewish people. An unsung hero for most of his life. RIP!

[ticul]

Thank you for sharing this wonderful brag Gryphon. RIP Nicolas

[madchives]

i'm sure a few have seen joe schlesinger over the years on the cbc,
Joe Schlesinger was a foreign correspondent for CBC for 28 years, covering natural disasters, political upheavals and conflicts from Vietnam to the Persian Gulf. In 2009, the Canadian Journalism Foundation honoured Schlesinger for his body of work.

he was one of the children saved:

'Three quarters of a century ago today, on June 30, 1939, I travelled with my nine-year-old brother Ernie and more than 200 other kids under 17 through Nazi Germany in a train under armed guard as if we were a contagious cargo. I was 11.
We were sealed off so tightly that we were not even allowed to open the windows to get relief from the stifling air.,,,'
the rest of the article is here:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/nicholas-winton-the-man-who-saved-children-from-hitler-1.2686198

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Nicholas Winton memorial service

A memorial service has been held for Sir Nicholas Winton, who rescued hundreds of children from the Holocaust in the months before World War Two.
Some 28 of those he saved as children were among 400 people who attended the event at London's Guildhall, along with Czech, Slovak and UK government representatives.
Sir Nicholas organised the "Kindertransport" in which 669 mostly Jewish children came to Britain by train from Czechoslovakia in 1939.
He died on 1 July last year, aged 106.
The Kindertransport became public knowledge on BBC TV show That's Life in 1988 when presenter Esther Rantzen reunited some of those saved with the person who helped them escape the Nazis.