Biopic of a Quiet Hero, Nicholas Winton
Breakpoint
Colson Center
4.8 • 3.1K Ratings
🗓️ 29 September 2023
⏱️ 1 minutes
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Summary
In December 1938, British stockbroker Nicholas Winton canceled a ski vacation and instead traveled to Prague. There, as the German military began its occupation of Czechoslovakia, he worked with friends to save the lives of 669 Jewish children. When he returned to London, Winton raised money to purchase train tickets and passports, and cut through red tape so that the children could be placed in foster care once they reached Great Britain.
According to his daughter's account, Winton never knew what happened to the children and never believed he'd done something heroic ... until 1988, when Winton was invited to sit in the studio audience of the television show That's Life. On air, he learned that the people sitting around him were children he had saved, along with their children and grandchildren.
This January, a new biopic of Winton's efforts, titled One Life, will hit theaters, starring Anthony Hopkins. His story is a powerful reminder that faithfulness, not heroics, can change the destinies of thousands.
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| 0:00.0 | With a woman to look at culture from a Christian worldview, I'm John Snowstreet with the point. |
| 0:04.7 | In December 1938, British stockbroker Nicholas Winton canceled a ski vacation and traveled |
| 0:10.0 | instead to Prague. |
| 0:11.0 | There, as the German military began its occupation of Czechoslovakia, he worked with friends |
| 0:15.2 | to save 669 Jewish children. |
| 0:18.4 | When he returned to London, Winton raised money to purchase train tickets and passports, |
| 0:22.4 | cut through red tapes so that the children could be placed in foster care once they reached |
| 0:26.3 | Great Britain. |
| 0:27.3 | According to his daughter's account, Winton never realized what happened to the children, |
| 0:30.6 | never believed he'd really done anything heroic. |
| 0:32.8 | Until 1988, when Winton was invited to sit in the studio audience of a TV show, that's |
| 0:37.5 | life. |
| 0:38.5 | They're on the air he learned that the people sitting all around him were the children |
| 0:41.4 | he'd say. |
| 0:42.4 | Along with their children and grandchildren, while this January a new biopic on Winton, |
| 0:46.3 | titled One Life, will hit theaters and it stars Anthony Hopkins, a story as a powerful |
| 0:50.9 | reminder that it's faithfulness, not heroic, that can change the destinies of thousands. |
| 0:55.2 | For the call since then, I'm John Stone Street. |
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