Watch The Moment A Man Finds Out He’s Surrounded By People He Saved From The Holocaust [View all]

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http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/watch-the-moment-a-man-finds-out-hes-surrounded-by-people-he#.dm6Yebnvd

In 1938, Winton headed an operation to save Jewish Czechoslovakian children from the Holocaust, according to Wikipedia. He found homes in Britain for nearly 700 children. Many of them would be orphaned by Auschwitz. His scheme was known in Czechoslovakia as Kindertransport. And it all happened after he went to Prague instead of a skiing holiday in the Alps. The British press would later dub him the “British Schindler”.
Winton spent years dealing with the guilt he felt over the children he wasn’t able to save. Opposing Views reports:

In 1988 his wife discovered a scrapbook, lists of names, and journals that described his rescue plan. She convinced him to go public with his story – whereupon he appeared on That’s Life.

And then this happened....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?x-yt-ts=1421914688&v=6_nFuJAF5F0&x-yt-cl=84503534


This is so beautiful.