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Sir Nicholas Winton was a hero of the Holocaust, who in 1939 oversaw the Czech Kindertransport, which brought children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia to safety in the UK.
May 28, 2014 · Subscribed. 2.5K views 9 years ago. Part of a documentary on Sir Nicholas Winton titled That's Life originally broadcast on the BBC in 1988 Kindertransport Content copyright BBC ...more.
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#OnThisDay 1909: Sir Nicholas Winton was born. In 1938, he brought Jewish children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia to safety in the UK. Fifty years later, That’s Life reunited him with some of those children.
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Dive into this heart-rending moment from BBC's "That's Life!" as Sir Nicholas Winton, often hailed as the 'British Schindler', is reunited with some of the 669 children he saved during...
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Feb 24, 2017 · Sir Nicholas Winton saved 669 children from the Holocaust on the eve of World War II. Watch his reaction when dozens return years later to surprise him. A 1988 episode of BBC’s That’s Life is making Internet rounds after touching footage of a man and the hundreds of children he rescued from the Holocaust resurfaced online.