Sir Nicholas Winton

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  1. peterhastie

    peterhastie Senior Member

  2. Jedburgh22

    Jedburgh22 Very Senior Member

    Grand to see him getting recognition in the form of a documentary film.
     
  3. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

    I seem to recall that his achievements were highlighted last year.

    He saved many lives and recognition is a good and well deserved honour.

    Regards
    Tom
     
  4. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

  5. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Just watched an interview with this wonderful man on the BBC One show.

    Now 103, he spoke modestly of his role in saving so many children and once again I saw the newsreel shot of my dear friend Peter Morgan arriving in England for the first time.

    Ron
     
  6. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

  7. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Saw tonights program showing Sir Nicholas at 104.

    I have an unbounding admiration for this man and would love to see him awarded a Nobel Prize during his lifetime.

    As before, I spotted my old friend Peter Morgan in one of the 1939 news-reel shots.

    Ron
     
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  8. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Just missed a brief news item concerning this amazing character and a proposed visit to Prague.

    Has he made it there at the age of 105 ?

    Ron
     
  9. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

  10. Roy Martin

    Roy Martin Senior Member

    In the Radio 4 item it said something to the effect that Sir Nicholas is on his way in a Czech government aircraft as we speak.
     
  11. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Thanks chaps

    I do hope he makes it !

    Ron
     
  12. Tricky Dicky

    Tricky Dicky Don'tre member

  13. 4jonboy

    4jonboy Daughter of a 56 Recce

    What an amazing chap, just seen him on the news.
    Looking good at 105 :)
     
  14. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Just seen the news cover from Prague and marvelled again at the modesty of the man.

    105 and not out .......just amazing !

    Well done Sir and thank you so much for your unequalled achievements.

    Ron
     
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  15. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Happy 106th Birthday to this wonderful man !

    Ron
     
  16. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

  17. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    :poppy: Sir Nicholas Winton. RIP. :poppy:

    A truly remarkable man, modest to the core and I was proud & privileged to have met him.

    Ron
     
  18. Peter Clare

    Peter Clare Very Senior Member

    :poppy: Sir Nicholas Winton. RIP. :poppy:

    How very sad
     
  19. CL1

    CL1 116th LAA and 92nd (Loyals) LAA,Royal Artillery

    British Schindler' Sir Nicholas Winton dies aged 106





    Sir Nicholas Winton is credited with rescuing 669 Czech children from the Nazis Sir Nicholas Winton, who organised the rescue of 669 children destined for Nazi concentration camps, has died aged 106.
    Winton was a stockbroker when he arranged for trains to carry Jewish children out of occupied Prague.
    His son-in-law Stephen Watson said he died peacefully in his sleep at Wexham Hospital, Slough.
    He died on the anniversary of the departure of a train in 1939 carrying the largest number of children - 241.
    Winton brought the children to Britain, battling bureaucracy at both ends, saving them from almost certain death, and then kept quiet about his exploits for a half-century.
    He organised a total of eight trains from Prague, with some other forms of transport also set up from Vienna.

    Winton's efforts were not publicly known for almost 50 years. The reluctant hero worked to find British families willing to put up £50 to look after the boys and girls in their homes.
    Winton, whose work has been likened to that of the "saviour" of Jewish prisoners Oskar Schindler, was knighted by the Queen in March 2003.
    The Rotary Club of Maidenhead, of which Winton was former president, said his daughter Barbara and two grandchildren were at his side when he died.
    His son Nick said of his father's legacy: "It is about encouraging people to make a difference and not waiting for for something to be done or waiting for someone else to do it.
    "It's what he tried to tell people in all his speeches and in the book written by my sister."





    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-33350880

    http://ww2talk.com/forums/topic/27338-sir-nicholas-winton/
     
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  20. ritsonvaljos

    ritsonvaljos Senior Member

    This was a man who should never be forgotten.

    A peaceful and dignified end to the life of a remarkable man.
     

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