Sir Nicholas Winton dies aged 106 (1 Viewer)

[Infinite Chaos]

Dubbed the "British Schindler", Sir Nicholas Winton rescued 669 children destined for Nazi concentration camps from Czechoslovakia as the outbreak of World War Two loomed. Seventy-six years ago, on 1 July 1939, the train carrying the largest number of children - 241 - departed from Prague.The reluctant hero worked to find British families willing to put up £50 to look after the boys and girls in their homes.
His efforts were not publicly known for almost 50 years.

How sad, I was reading earlier today about some of the Jewish kids he helped save from Germany and Czechoslovakia and now 10 hours later comes news of his death in the last half hour.

 

[Infinite Chaos]

On this day, in 1939, 241 Jewish kids set off from Prague railway station for Britain to be taken care off by British families Nicholas Winton had found.

How poignant that he died today.

 

[Helix]

Rest in Peace. if you want, i can add an RIP tag to this thread.

 

[Infinite Chaos]

Rest in Peace. if you want, i can add an RIP tag to this thread.

Please do - I'd be shocked if anyone wanted to insult this man though.

 

[Skeptic Bob]

I wasn't familiar with him so thanks for posting this. Definitely a hero. And 106? Wow.

 

[shrubnose]

RIP

The world has lost a great human being.

Start learning about him here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Winton

 

[Higgins86]

Very humble from what I hear.

 

[Apocalypse]

May this great, wonderful man rest in peace.

Whoever destroys a soul, it is as if he destroyed an entire world.
And whoever saves a life, it is as if he saved an entire world.

 

[Higgins86]

May this great, wonderful man rest in peace.

Whoever destroys a soul, it is as if he destroyed an entire world.
And whoever saves a life, it is as if he saved an entire world.

was he named Righteous Among the Nations?

 

[Apocalypse]

was he named Righteous Among the Nations?

No, unfortunately he was disqualified for the award due to his Jewish ancestry. The award is granted only to non-Jews.
However that is merely a title, and his brave actions will be forever remembered.

 

[Infinite Chaos]

No, unfortunately he was disqualified for the award due to his Jewish ancestry. The award is granted only to non-Jews.
However that is merely a title, and his brave actions will be forever remembered.

I watched the Esther Rantzen broadcast on his life in 1998, the moment here in this video where his story was being remembered and he discovers the woman sitting next to him was one of the children he saved moved me.



Then Esther asked if anyone else in the audience was affected or linked to the story and every single person around Sir Nicholas stood up.

I cried my eyes out and god was he humble.