Sir Nicholas Winton passed away on July 1 at age 106. In 1988, his wife was in the attic and noticed a scrapbook containing the names and information of 669 children from the Nazi occupation era. He had rescued all of them but had told no one of his heroic kindness.
Lift Bump reports,
His story of courage began in the winter of 1938. Nicholas Winton, a thriving stockbroker in London, was headed for a ski holiday in Switzerland. But, according to The New York Times, at the request of his friend, he dropped everything to instead travel to refugees camps in Prague.
After witnessing the abhorrent conditions, Winton found himself called to help. So back in London he put out advertisements in the newspapers, appealing to families to foster Jewish children fleeing Nazi occupation.
Winton facilitated the transport of children from four countries on eight trains.
Because of his efforts, 669 children were rescued from Nazi occupation.
Dubbed the “British Schindler,” he was knighted by the Queen. In 1988, the BBC program That’s Life reunited him with many of the children he had saved. Watch the tearful video below, it will give you chills.