Nicholas Winton

Sir Nicholas Winton was a British stockbroker who organized the Czech Kindertransport on the eve of World War II. Recognizing the imminent danger to children in Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia during late 1938, Winton single-handedly created an operation from his Prague hotel room to arrange foster homes, raise required funds, and secure entry permits in Great Britain. Between March and August 1939, he successfully organized eight rescue trains that evacuated 669 predominantly Jewish children to safety in the United Kingdom. Winton kept his remarkable mission secret for nearly 50 years until his wife discovered archived records in their attic.

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