TIL that Sir Nicholas Winton helped rescue 669 Czhechoslovak children from the holocaust
1d 14m ago by lemmy.world/u/Iceblade02 in til
Whilst watching a movie (and looking things up on wikipedia after).
More than 350'000 jews lived in Czechoslovakia before WW2. Approximately 18'000 children were sent to death camps, of which fewer than 200 survived. Meanwhile, this man helped save 669 children.
For comparison, approximately 7'000 jewish people live in Czechia and Slovakia today.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicholas_Winton
Feel free to add more interesting context in the comments, would love to learn more!
I imagine you've seen it but there's an adorable bbc moment with him and some of the folks he saved:
https://youtu.be/6_nFuJAF5F0
Oh I've seen that. It's beautiful
E: I watched it again and now I'm crying
There was a film made about this starring Anthony Hopkins.
https://pro.imdb.com/mobile/title/tt13097932?q=Winton&from_app=ios
.... Is it too late for him to put three back