Nicholas Winton

Sir Nicholas George Winton , MBE (born 19 May 1909) is a Briton who organised the rescue of 669 mostly Jewish children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II in an operation later known as the Czech Kindertransport . Winton found homes for them and arranged for their safe passage to Britain.

Sir Nicholas George Winton , MBE (born Nicholas Wertheim ; 19 May 1909 – 1 July 2015) was a British humanitarian who organised the rescue of 669 children, mostly Jewish, from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World War in an operation later known as the Czech Kindertransport . Winton found homes for the children and arranged for their safe passage to Britain. After the war, Winton did not discuss his efforts with anyone; his wife found out what he had done only after she discovered a scrapbook in their attic in 1988, detailing the children's parents and the families that took them in. The British press dubbed him the "British Schindler ". On 28 October 2014, he was awarded the highest honour of the Czech Republic , the Order of the White Lion , by the Czech president, Miloš Zeman . A Man Of Courage" . auschwitz.dk. 2008 .

British banker (1909-2015) who saved 669 Jewish children in 1938–39 Sir Nicholas George Winton MBE (19 May 1909 – 1 July 2015; né Wertheim ) was a British banker and humanitarian who established an organisation to rescue children at risk from Nazi Germany . Born to German-Jewish parents who had emigrated to Britain at the beginning of the 20th century, Winton supervised the rescue of 669 children, most of them Jewish , from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II . Winton found homes for the children and arranged for their safe passage to Britain. This operation was later known as the Czech Kindertransport (German for "children's transport"). His work went unnoticed by the world for nearly 50 years, until 1988 when he was invited to the BBC television programme That's Life! , where he was reunited with several of the children he had saved. The British press celebrated him and dubbed him the "British Schindler ." In 2003, Winton was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for "services to humanity, in saving Jewish children from Nazi Germany occupied Czechoslovakia". On 28 October 2014, he was awarded the highest honour of the Czech Republic , the Order of the White Lion (1st class), by Czech President Miloš Zeman . He died in 2015 at the age of 106 .

British banker and humanitarian (1909–2015) Sir Nicholas George Winton MBE ( né Wertheim ; 19 May 1909 – 1 July 2015) was a British stockbroker and humanitarian who helped to rescue refugee children, mostly Jewish , whose families had fled persecution by Nazi Germany . Born to German-Jewish parents who had immigrated to Britain at the beginning of the 20th century, Winton assisted in the rescue of 669 children from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II . On a brief visit to Czechoslovakia, he helped compile a list of children in danger and, returning to Britain, he worked to fulfill the legal requirements of bringing the children to Britain and finding homes and sponsors for them. This operation was later known as the Czech Kindertransport (German for 'children's transport'). His humanitarian accomplishments remained unknown and unnoticed by the world for nearly 50 years until 1988 when he was invited to the BBC television programme That's Life! , where he was reunited with dozens of the children he had helped come to Britain and was introduced to many of their children and grandchildren. The British press celebrated him and dubbed him the "British Schindler ". In 2003, Winton was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for "services to humanity, in saving Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia ". In 2014, he was awarded the highest honour of the Czech Republic , the Order of the White Lion (1st class), by Czech President Miloš Zeman . Winton died in 2015, aged 106.