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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 534

Nicholas Winton

Protesters hold placards and flags and chant slogans at a rally in support of Palestinians and against Israel, outside of the Houses of Parliament in central London on November 15, 2023. (Henry Nicholls/ AFP)
December 3, 2023, 9:44 am
Holocaust survivors in UK worried about rising antisemitism in country since Oct. 7
Refugees brought to Britain during World War II say they never expected antisemitism to return as it has, with incidents now reaching all-time high
By AFP and ToI Staff
Sir Anthony Hopkins as Sir Nicholas Winton in the upcoming movie 'One Life.' (Warner Brothers via UK Jewish News)
August 10, 2023, 11:47 pm
Anthony Hopkins to star in film on ‘British Schindler’
Oscar-winning actor to portray stockbroker Sir Nicholas Winton, who helped save 669 Jewish children in Prague from the Nazis
By ToI Staff
'Nicky & Vera' by Peter Sis (Courtesy W.W. Norton and Company); Holocaust-era hero Nicholas Winton, who helped save 669 Czech children from the Nazi invasion. (AP/Petr David Josek, File)
July 12, 2021, 2:42 am
Man who rescued 669 Czech children from Nazis is now the hero of a kids’ book
Nicholas Winton helped organize Kindertransports that carried young people to safety on the eve of war. ‘Nicky & Vera,’ by author and illustrator Peter Sis, now honors his legacy
By Rich Tenorio
A young Nicholas Winton with a rescued child. (photo credit: Courtesy of Menemsha Films)
June 11, 2019, 9:56 am
Prague memorial to Jewish children who escaped Nazis vandalized
Farewell Memorial at central railway station removed from its frame and cracked, apparently by hammer blow
By Stuart Winer and Agencies
Sir Nicholas Winton with some of the now-grown children he helped rescue in Chechoslovakia. (photo credit: Courtesy of Menemsha Films)
May 28, 2017, 3:08 am
Children saved from Nazi camps unveil monument to parents
Group saved by Sir Nicholas Winton opens ‘Farewell Memorial’ replica of 1939 train door in Prague, with hands of infants on one side and those of parents on the other
By AP
Migrants looks at the smoke rising from fires in the "Jungle" migrant camp in Calais, northern France, on October 26, 2016, during a massive operation to clear the squalid settlement where 6,000-8,000 people have been living in dire conditions. (Philippe Huguen/AFP)
October 30, 2016, 12:47 am
Child of ‘Britain’s Schindler’ appeals for help for refugees
Barbara Winton, daughter of man credited with saving over 600 Jewish children from Holocaust, urges UK to take in minors fleeing war and poverty
By DANICA KIRKA
Yom HaShoah Commemoration in Boston on May 1, 2016, at the New England Holocaust Memorial on the city's Freedom Trail after Mourner's Kaddish (Matt Lebovic/The Times of Israel)
May 2, 2016, 11:01 am
Boston teacher feted for averting Holocaust denial in classroom
Citywide commemoration addresses remembrance in a post-survivor world and youth disbelief in the Nazi genocide
By Matt Lebovic
Sir Nicholas Winton waits to be decorated with the highest Czech Republic's decoration, The Order of the White Lion, in Prague, October 28, 2014. Winton died July 1, 2015, at the age of 106. (AP/Petr David Josek, File)
March 16, 2016, 6:53 pm
Postage stamp issued in honor of ‘British Schindler’
Sir Nicholas Winton, who died earlier this year, helped rescue hundreds of children from Nazi-held Czechoslovakia
By JTA
Sir Nicholas Winton waits to be decorated with the highest Czech Republic's decoration, The Order of the White Lion, in Prague, October 28, 2014. Winton died July 1, 2015, at the age of 106. (AP/Petr David Josek, File)
December 31, 2015, 5:11 am
Royal Mail to issue stamp honoring ‘British Schindler’
Sir Nicholas Winton, who died earlier this year, helped rescue hundreds of children from Nazi-held Czechoslovakia
By JTA
A Tuesday, October 28, 2014 photo from files of the then 105 year-old Sir Nicholas Winton waiting to be decorated with the highest Czech Republic's decoration, The Order of the White Lion at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic. (AP/Petr David Josek)
August 25, 2015, 10:53 pm
‘British Schindler’ Sir Nicholas Winton gets own stamp
Holocaust hero who saved hundreds of Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to be honored in Britain
By JTA
Sir Nicholas Winton waits to be decorated with the highest Czech Republic's decoration, The Order of the White Lion, in Prague, October 28, 2014. Winton died July 1, 2015, at the age of 106. (AP/Petr David Josek, File)
From the WebAugust 24, 2015, 11:04 pm
Royal Mail to honor ‘British Schindler’ with stamp
After 100,000 sign petition, Nicholas Winton to be featured in special edition if queen approves, says London Jewish News
Sir Nicholas Winton waits to be decorated with the highest Czech Republic's decoration, The Order of the White Lion, in Prague, October 28, 2014. Winton died July 1, 2015, at the age of 106. (AP/Petr David Josek, File)
August 5, 2015, 11:43 pm
Drive to immortalize ‘British Schindler’ on stamp gains steam
Jewish groups back recognition for Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved hundreds of European Jewish children from Nazis
By JTA
Sir Nicholas Winton waits to be decorated with the highest Czech Republic's decoration, The Order of the White Lion, in Prague, October 28, 2014. Winton died July 1, 2015, at the age of 106. (AP/Petr David Josek, File)
From the WebJuly 13, 2015, 11:52 pm
Nicholas Winton’s children share their stories
Some of the 669 children smuggled out of Prague on the eve of WWII recall the man who saved them, NY Times reports
Sir Nicholas Winton waits to be decorated with the highest Czech Republic's decoration, The Order of the White Lion, in Prague, October 28, 2014. Winton died July 1, 2015, at the age of 106. (AP/Petr David Josek, File)
July 2, 2015, 10:46 pm
Winton’s rescue of Jewish kids revealed after 50 years
Decades after ‘Britain’s Schindler’ saved hundreds during WW2, his wife revealed the story, allowing the rescued to thank him
By Naomi Koppel
A Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014 photo from files of Sir Nicholas Winton waiting to be decorated with the highest Czech Republic's decoration, The Order of the White Lion at the Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic. Winton, who saved more than 650 Jewish children from the Holocaust, has died at the age of 106. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)
July 1, 2015, 7:47 pm
‘Britain’s Schindler’ Sir Nicholas Winton dies at 106
As a young clerk in Nazi-occupied Prague, Winton saved more than 650 Jewish children from transportion to concentration camps
By Naomi Koppel
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