Prague – New Film About Briton Who Saved Jewish Children

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    Sir Nicholas Winton, 101, who had organized the rescue of 669 mainly Jewish children by train from Prague in 1939 waves during a premiere of a new movie based on his life story called "Nicky's Family" in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Jan. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)Prague – A new film about a Briton who organized mass evacuations of children to help them avoid being sent to their deaths in Nazi concentration camps is having a world premiere in Prague, the Czech capital.

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    Sir Nicholas Winton arranged eight trains to carry 669 children, most of them Jewish, from Czechoslovakia through Germany to Britain at the outbreak of World War II in 1939.

    Nicky’s Family,” a new documentary by Slovak director Matej Minac features details of the operation and about the rescued children.

    Winton, who is now 101, in Prague to attend the premiere Thursday.

    Minac’s previous film on the issue, “Nicholas Winton — The Power of Good” won an International Emmy Award in 2002.


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    JoeTHEMAN
    JoeTHEMAN
    13 years ago

    BH a true chassidie umos olam is having arichas yomim v’shonim – may he live to be 120!