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This is the astonishing story of how a humble London stockbroker saved 669 children - most of them Jews - from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II, finally recognized and knighted by The Queen in 2002. Nicholas Winton, then 29, spent his 2 weeks vacation in 1938 traveling to Prague to see how he could help save people. He kept his story quiet for nearly 50 years before featuring on a British TV show and even the children did not know he had saved them. He has been the subject of a film and a book about his story - written by his daughter - is released in this month - See more at: miaminewsday/national/54813-the-astonishing-story-of-how-a-humble-london-stockbroker-saved-669-children-most-of-them-jews-from-czechoslovakia-on-the-eve-of-world-war-ii.html#sthash.2rXRV87Q.dpuf
Posted on: Mon, 19 May 2014 19:05:01 +0000

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