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Nicholas Winton Is Dead at 106; Saved Children from the Holocaust
Nicholas Winton, a Briton who said nothing for a half-century about his role in organizing the escape of 669 mostly Jewish children from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II, a righteous deed like those of Oskar Schindler and Raoul Wallenberg, died on Wednesday in Maidenhead, England. He was 106.
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RIP you magnificent human being.
RIP,a real hero!
For anyone who hasn't seen it, here's a short video of Winton meeting some of the children he saved. RIP
Thanks for the feels injection. I forgot how powerful that footage was!
I saw a documentary about Mr Winton last year, on the BBC. What an amazing and inspirational human being. May he RIP.
Thank you, Nicholas Winton.