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Sep 5th, 2009, 04:25 PM
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British Schindler reunites with Holocaust survivors he rescued as children
British Schindler welcomes steam train carrying evacuees he helped to escape the Holocaust as children
In late 1938, Sir Nicholas Winton, the then 29 year-old clerk at the London Stock Exchange travelled to Czechoslavakia at the invitation of a friend working at the British Embassy. Alarmed by the influx of refugees from the Sudetenland region recently annexed by Germany, Mr Winton immediately began planning to get Jewish children out of the country. He (correctly) feared that Czechoslavakia would soon be invaded and and Jewish residents would be sent to concentration camps. He persuaded British officials to accept the children, as long as foster homes could be found, and arranged eight trains that carried 669 children through Germany to Britain in the months before the outbreak of war. None of the children saw their parents again. On Friday, it was an emotional scene when the survivors were reunited with their savior. About 170 people, including about two dozen of the Holocaust survivors and members of their families pulled into London's Liverpool Street Station aboard a vintage steam train after a three-day trip across Europe to mark the 70th anniversary of their rescue. Waiting to greet them was Sir Nicholas Winton. Pictures at the link: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1211245/British-Schindler-welcomes-steam-train-carrying-evacuees-helped-escape-Holocaust-children.html#ixzz0QGVOb3Vw |
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Sep 5th, 2009, 09:43 PM
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Nice piece. I love how they all hug him.
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Sep 6th, 2009, 12:17 AM
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*sniff sniff* i love these stories..
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Sep 6th, 2009, 04:39 PM
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LVoebird!
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amazing.
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Sep 7th, 2009, 12:39 AM
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What a hero!!! Takes a lot of courage to step up as he did.
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Sep 7th, 2009, 03:56 PM
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Wow!
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Sep 8th, 2009, 11:36 AM
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60 is the new 40 LOL
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Thank you for sharing that story caitlin. very emotional for me to read.
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Sep 8th, 2009, 12:50 PM
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So touching to read stories like this.
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Sep 8th, 2009, 04:11 PM
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God bless him - wonderful story
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Sep 9th, 2009, 11:18 AM
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awesome and so wonderful they get to see one another again
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Sep 9th, 2009, 12:54 PM
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Gangsta Luv♥
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What an amazing story !
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