Sir Nicholas Winton: The Life of a Holocaust Hero

Sir Nicholas Winton: The Life of a Holocaust Hero

Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved hundreds from the Nazis died in 2015 at age 106.

He was working as a stockbroker when he arranged trains to carry Jewish children from occupied Prague and eventually on to Britain. In all, he organised the rescue of 669 children destined for Nazi concentration camps. Nick Higham looks back at his life.

 

 

 

 

 

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