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Wednesday, May 21, 2014

London stockbroker who saved hundreds of children from the Nazis is to be given highest honour in the Czech Republic

London stockbroker who saved hundreds of children from the Nazis is to be given highest honour in the Czech Republic

Highest honour: Sir Nicholas Winton with one of the children he rescued
Sir Nicholas Winton, who celebrated his 105th birthday last week, organised the transport of 669 children – mostly Jewish – from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.

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