“Starting during his three weeks in Prague, Winton made one of the most impactful, single-handed efforts to save children from mass genocide. He created advertisements for foster homes. He manipulated paperwork to sidestep government red tape that would have gotten in his way. He even persuaded Germans to go along with his plan. Continuing his efforts from his home in London for the next nine months, Winton coordinated eight train evacuations of 669 children from Czechoslovakia to Britain, saving them from almost certain death. For decades, Winton’s heroic efforts largely went unnoticed — until 1988, when a BBC program surprised him.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/21/sir-nicholas-winton_n_5365539.html
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