One Life: The 'British Schindler' Nicky Winton & The Kindertransport

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🗓️ 24 January 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Nicholas Winton masterminded an effort that saved the lives of 669 Jewish Children from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War Two. There's a new movie out called 'One Life' telling the incredible story of Nicholas - 'Nicky' - a man people called the 'British Schindler' and stars Anthony Hopkins, Helena Bonham Carter and Johnny Flynn.

In 1938 Nicky was planning to go on a skiing Vacation in Switzerland but cancelled his trip to set up a rescue operation for children at risk of persecution. He arranged their transportation to safety in Britain. His efforts and the Kindertransport, set up by the British Government, saved the lives of 10,000, mostly Jewish, children across Europe.

In this episode, Dan tells a story of meeting Nicky, shares his interview with Helena Bonham Carter whose own family helped Jews escape the Nazis in WW2 and speaks to Herman Rothman and Henry Glanz who escaped the Nazis on the Kindertransport.

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1:11.0	Hi everybody welcome to Dan Snow's history hits he probably all heard of Oscar Schindler, the German
1:16.7	businessman who saved the lives of 1200 Jews in the Nazi German Empire. He risked everything to do so. His story is so well known, of course, because he's the eponymous star of the magnificent Stephen Spielberg film, Schindler's List.
1:32.7	But you may not have heard of Nicholas Winton,
1:36.2	Nicky Winton, a man who some people call
1:38.3	the British Schindler, because he also saved the lies of Jews on the eve of the Second World War. 669 Jewish children who would almost
1:50.3	certainly have otherwise perished in the Holocaust. I was like enough to meet
1:56.1	Nicky back in 2010, I think it was. He was over 100 at the time. He looked pretty good for a man
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