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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.
Sir Nicholas Winton passed away on Wednesday, July 1, at the age of 106. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in ...
SIR NICHOLAS WINTON. Nicholas Winton holds a child he rescued (AP) ... His New York Times obituary in 2015 explained: "It involved dangers, bribes, forgery, secret contacts with the Gestapo, nine ...
The headboard worn by No. 60163 Tornado from Harwich to Liverpool Street station, the final leg of the Winton Train from Prague. The Winton Train was a private passenger train that travelled from the Czech Republic to Great Britain in September 2009 in tribute to the wartime efforts of Sir Nicholas Winton, described as the 'British Schindler' for his part in saving refugee children from ...
In 1939 she was one of the 669 children who escaped to Britain on Kindertransport trains organised by Sir Nicholas Winton.
Vera Gissing (born Věra Diamantová; 4 July 1928 – 12 March 2022 [1]) was a Czech-British writer, translator, and one of "Winton's children", the children saved by the actions of Nicholas Winton. Her sister, who accompanied her on the kindertransport , was the diarist and nurse Eva Hayman .
For his actions, Winton has been compared by the British press to Oskar Schindler. [24] A biography of Winton was written by his daughter, The Life of Sir Nicholas Winton by Barbara Winton, [25] [26] and documentaries were later made about his achievements. [23] Other members of his team included Trevor Chadwick and Doreen Warriner.
IN FOCUS: In his new film, Anthony Hopkins plays the real-life hero Sir Nicholas Winton, who was made famous in a landmark episode of Esther Rantzen’s BBC One show ‘That’s Life!’. Decades ...