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Nicholas Winton was born in Hampstead, London on May 19, 1909 to German Jewish parents, Rudolph Wertheim and Barbara Wertheimer. He had an older sister and a younger brother Charlotte and Robert Wertheim. His original last name was Wertheim, but his family changed it to Winton in an effort of integration. His family was Christian, so he was baptized when he was a baby.

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When Nicholas graduated, he became a stockbroker in London. His friend Martin Blake called him and asked him if he would assist him with Jewish welfare work in Prague. Nicholas Winton had a skiing holiday in Switzerland planned, but instead dropped everything and went to Prague to help Martin.

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Sir Nicholas Winton and Martin Blake established an organization to rescue children at risk from Nazi Germany. He saved 669 Czech children from death camps. He found homes for all of the children and arranged safe passage for them to go to Britain. The operation was later known as “Czech Kinder-transport”.

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No one had recognized his achievement for over half a century. For 50 years, most of the children he saved didn’t know who saved them. His story emerged when his wife, Greta, found his old scrapbook in their attic with lists of the children he saved and letters from their parents. He hadn’t even told his wife his role he played in the war.

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A page from his scrapbook:

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Nicholas Winton was thanked by the President of Israel, Ezer Weizman, and was made an honorary citizen of Prague in the independent Czech Republic. Then, Nicholas Winton received a knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II for his services to humanity.

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At 106 years old, Nicholas Winton died of Respiratory Failure. He passed away July 1, 2015, the anniversary of the departure of a train, in 1939, that held the most number of kids: 241. He died peacefully at the Wexham Hospital.

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Nicholas Winton saves many lives and gave parents children. If it wasn’t for him, 669 kids would have died during the Holocaust and they wouldn’t have gotten a chance to live their full, amazing lives. He had a huge impact on many peoples lives and he makes our world a better place.

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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Winton

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/nicholas-winton-and-the-rescue-of-children-from-czechoslovakia-1938-1939

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-33350880

Informational Website:

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