Nicholas Winton
by
MrsHarwell
Last updated 8 years ago
Discipline:
Social Studies Subject:
World War II
Grade:
5


Escape From the Holocaust
How Nicholas Winton Saved 669 Childrenby Jennifer Dobner
Time Line
1938
Germany takes over the boarders of Czechoslovakia
At the age of 29, Nicholas Winton went to Prague to help a friend distribute food to the Jewish people who were suffering under Hitler's regime.
Using a system similar to Kindertransport" Winston would help assist with getting Jewish children to safety. Families came by the hundreds to seeking help from him.
Once the war began Winton's rescue mission ended. He went back to work as a banker. In 1998 his wife discovered his secret in his old briefcase. After a newspaper article and a television program were made about what he had done more than two dozen of the children he saved reached out to thank him.
After sending letters to many countries for assistance only Sweden and Great Britain would allow the children to come into the country without their parents.
Using newspaper ads to find families for the children, Winton was able to bring seven train loads of children, 669 to safety. The eighth train carrying 250 more children disappeared.
1938
British Banker Comes to Prague
March 4, 1939
Winton's Trains
Sept. 3, 1939
1988
Eighth Train Lost
Secret Discovered and Rewarded
In 2002, Mr. Winton became Sir Winton, as he is knighted by England's Queen Elizabeth II, click on this video to hear him speak.
German Leader, Adolf Hitler blames part of the loss of WWI on the Jews, whom he believed to be an inferior race. Soon Hitler stripped Jewish people of their jobs and their rights.
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