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Related: About this forumThis gets me every time I watch it.
Some people really are good and it's good to think that way about people ...and it's getting really hard to do that today.
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This gets me every time I watch it. (Original Post)
L0oniX
Feb 2014
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Gothmog
(179,906 posts)1. I agree
This video makes me smile
elzenmahn
(904 posts)2. Sir Nicholas Winton is truly a hero...
...and as I've heard it said, true heroes don't advertise their heroism for the press. He kept his a secret for half of a century before his now-deceased wife discovered the list mentioned in this video.
If anyone deserves a Nobel Prize for his heroism, it's Sir Nicholas Winton.
1monster
(11,045 posts)3. For those who don't know the story
http://www.nicholaswinton.com/
Nicholas Winton is known for organising the rescue of 669 Czech children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia during the 9 months before war broke out in
1939. The story became known to the public in 1988 when it featured on Thats Life, a BBC TV programme hosted by Esther Rantzen. In 2003 he was
knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for Services to Humanity for this work. There are many websites which tell this story in detail.
This site is maintained by the family of Sir Nicholas to give information about his recent activities and to facilitate contact.
Nicholas Winton is known for organising the rescue of 669 Czech children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia during the 9 months before war broke out in
1939. The story became known to the public in 1988 when it featured on Thats Life, a BBC TV programme hosted by Esther Rantzen. In 2003 he was
knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for Services to Humanity for this work. There are many websites which tell this story in detail.
This site is maintained by the family of Sir Nicholas to give information about his recent activities and to facilitate contact.
L0oniX
(31,493 posts)4. evening kick