Surprise! Man finds himself in audience full of people he saved as children from Nazi camps

[dipsydoodle]

Sir Nicholas Winton organized the rescue and passage to Britain of about 669 mostly Jewish Czechoslovakian children destined for the Nazi death camps before World War II in an operation known as the Czech Kindertransport.

After the war, Nicholas Winton didn’t tell anyone, not even his wife Grete about his wartime rescue efforts. In 1988, a half century later, Grete found a scrapbook from 1939 in their attic, with all the children’s photos, a complete list of names, a few letters from parents of the children to Winton and other documents. She finally learned the whole story.

In the video below, the survivors gathered to give him a wonderful surprise:

- See more at: http://truthseekerdaily.com/2013/11/surprise-man-finds-audience-full-people-saved-children-nazi-camps-wvideo/#sthash.ZOd2o4yr.dpuf

This may have been posted before. If so its just been posted again.

The video is very moving - break out the tissues.

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. I watched this a few weeks ago, as part of a montage

of people receiving the best news or having the best day of their lives. I could barely breathe by the end of it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/06/people-get-best-news-ever-caught-on-tape_n_1644485.html

[Stellar]

22. Darn you ScreamingMeemie....

I just finished watching that montage (thanks for the link). Now my eyes are puffy from crying through it. Again, thanks for sharing.

[ScreamingMeemie]

24. If I have to get all sniffly...everyone does.

[Stellar]

29. LOL, gotcha!!

[barbtries]

31. this is horrible

i'm at work. if i don't watch it now i may never. but damn! i'm at WORK.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

51. Damn ...

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I shouldn't have clicked on that link.

There's a piece of dust in my eye.

On a lighter note, my dog goes bananas (whimpers) when I leave him for just 8 hours. I can't imagine what he'd do to me if I left him for 8 months.



Django loves me.

Edit: Removed video

[xchrom]

2. du rec.

[Bonobo]

3. That made me tear up. nt

[loudsue]

4. Oh God! I just started sobbing.

That is beyond beautiful.

[MyOpinion-2]

5. Thank you for sharing...

The clip was very moving.

[DonViejo]

6. Thanks for posting this wonderful story!

[marble falls]

7. If this is a repost and you hadn't reposted it, I would have missed a great day starter. Thank-you!

[mountain grammy]

8. First time for me.. thank you so much for posting..

[Divernan]

9. Thank you for this lovely, inspiring report.

[seabeyond]

10. that is too beautiful. in a time of horror. nt

[Martin Eden]

11. Bookmarked, thanks! n/t

[suffragette]

12. K&R

[Frances]

13. Thank you for posting this

I had not seen it before

This is what Christianity should be

Edited for typo

[taotzu]

14. Special Place in Heaven

God has definitely blessed the world with this man. God placed him in the right place at the right time to save all of these wonderful children. This is a man that we all could learn from. His heart and his love made possible the dreams of these children to have a chance.

[littlewolf]

15. book marked, thank you .... nt

[myrna minx]

16. Oh my, what a remarkable story. *sobbing*

[eissa]

17. I not only teared up

I think I let out a little whimper What a moving story, I'd never seen this video before, or heard of this great man.

[uponit7771]

18. +1

[Le Taz Hot]

19. I'm not a religious person

but you can't for a minute tell me that there aren't angels walking among us. Most of them are just like this one -- quietly doing their work, helping so many, without fanfare and mostly without recognition.

[Skittles]

32. see that that's the thing though

I can guarantee you he himself does not think he is an angel, but has wondered all his life why all people are not like him

[Tanuki]

20. Thank you so much or posting this! n/t

[RT Atlanta]

21. Awesome

What a feat from a brave man to have cared so much and selflessly given his time and effort to save so many other Mom's and Dad's children.

A true citizen of the world and hero.

God speed to his effort, memory and the love that he showed those children.

I can only hope that I would have the courage to do the same were I in his shoes, or if unable to act, that someone else would care enough to do the same for my children and give them a future.

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!

[toby jo]

23. Grace...

[yurbud]

25. most impressive: he didn't talk about it afterward. Wealthy people make a big show of their charity

so they can use it as a shield against criticism of their business practices, and even average people might be tempted to brag of their good deeds, but this guy embodies the principle of a Bible verse that says, "When you give to the poor, don't let your right hand know what your left hand is doing." In other words, don't broadcast it.

[azurnoir]

26. Thank you what a lovely story

[skip fox]

27. Someone should be thinking of making a movie.

[Curmudgeoness]

54. I agree.

I would love to know the details in this wonderful story.

[polichick]

28. Humanity at its best - thank-you for posting it! k&r

[JNelson6563]

30. Wow.

I feel richer for having seen this. Thank you for posting it!

Julie

[treestar]

33. Wow.

I wonder what happened to the parents? They let their kids go knowing it was safer for them, perhaps?

It'd be interesting to hear more of their later lives.

[jwirr]

34. I only ope there are heroes like him if we end up needing them now.

[sakabatou]

35. And many tears were shed

[sufrommich]

36. That was beautiful. What a credit to the

human race this man is.

[Uncle Joe]

37. Yes Virginia, there is a Saint Nicholas.

Thanks for the thread, dipsydoodle.

[PumpkinAle]

38. What a lovely, lovely man

you were right dipsydoodle - tissues definitely needed - oh but to think of the lives he saved - you have to smile through the tears.

[Sand Wind]

39. Sir Winton saved an entire world.

Mishnah Sanhedrin

[Iggo]

40. Barely got through the first hug and I was bawling like a bebe.

Bookmarking for later.

[GeoWilliam750]

41. Itis nice to wake up

In a world shared by people like this

[LeftishBrit]

42. k&r

[Egnever]

43. Good lord

made me bawl like a baby.

How wonderful that these people were able to thank him in person.

[BlueJazz]

44. I'm reading this outside Starbucks and 2 people are slightly wondering why I'm in tears.

I don't care. I glad to cry.

[liberalmuse]

45. Weeping like a baby.

If we ever doubt that one person can change lives, this video would refute that. What a beautiful man. If there ever was a crown in heaven, he would be the one to deserve it.

I have no doubt that my fellow DUers and many more are just like this man. This is why I think the human race is evolving, in spite of obvious set backs. This man was an anomaly for his place and time. I don't think this is the case anymore. We hear about the worst of humanity on the news, because that is what sells, but the best of humanity is still out there, working every day to ensure their fellow human beings don't suffer. We have a long way to go, but look at how far we've come.

[Liberty Belle]

46. Much more on this amazing story here:

http://www.powerofgood.net/story.php

[dipsydoodle]

48. Thanks for adding that.

[cntrygrl]

47. Well darn ....

You really need to put a "warning" up on that post: "Warning, grab the hanky's"

[rhett o rick]

49. Thank you very much for posting this. nm

[AverageJoe90]

50. Truly awesome. Bless his soul. nt =)

[longship]

52. He's still alive, and is 104 years old.

A long, hopefully happy and healthy life.

Indeed, I seem to be having a problem with allergies right now. Somehow, I don't think Benadryl will help.

R&K

[dipsydoodle]

53. Yes - that was recorded in 1988

BBC's That's Life with Esther Rantzen.

[mcar]

55. This is so lovely

What a beautiful man. Thank you for sharing this.

[ailsagirl]

56. Get out your handkerchiefs

God, what a hero

[NealK]

57. Oh, wow!

Now I think that there's something in my eyes.

[BootinUp]

58. wow, thanks for posting it.

[Happyhippychick]

59. Beautiful!

[proud patriot]

60. touching

[sabrina 1]

61. Beautiful!

[riderinthestorm]

62. Oh my! So moving... incredible. Kick!!! Bravo!!!! nt

[Hekate]

63. If a man saves one life, it is as if he has saved a world...

It helps to remember that there are righteous people in this sometimes dark world of ours. God bless you, Sir Nicholas.

[Warren DeMontague]

64. K&R

[SnakeEyes]

65. Who is cutting onions? n/t