"A new drama-documentary on the story of Nicholas Winton, the British man who saved 669 children, most of them Jews, from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, is being premiered in Prague. Sir Nicholas, now 101, is in the Czech capital to attend the premiere and meet some of those whose lives he saved. The story of his remarkable mission came to light in the late 1980s." BBC News - Premiere for Nicholas Winton who saved Jewish children
*bump* for an update. He's just been honoured by the Czechs- "A British man who saved 669 children, most of them Jews, from the Nazis is to receive the Czech Republic's highest state honour. Sir Nicholas Winton was 29 when he arranged trains to take the children out of occupied Czechoslovakia and for foster families to meet them in London. Now 105, he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme he felt proud that he had "made a difference to a lot of people". He will receive the Order of the White Lion at a ceremony in Prague later. The remarkable mission of the man dubbed the "British Schindler" only came to light in the late 1980s. His involvement in the rescue began in 1938 after the Nazi occupation of the disputed territory of the Sudetenland. Having visited refugee camps outside Prague, he decided to help children secure British permits in the same way children from other countries had been rescued by "kindertransports". At the time he was a stockbroker in London and being from a German Jewish family he said he was well aware of the urgency of the situation." http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-29798434
This is part of the reason why I joined these forums. I learn about so many things that I had no idea even existed.
