Nicholas Winton: The Man Who Saved Children From The Holocaust

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Most of the Jewish armed resistance groups took place after 1942. As in groups or individuals, many jews and non Jewish people tried to defend those in need at the time by either hiding them or helping them escape from the Nazi threat. Nicholas was born on May 19,1909, in West Hampstead, England, and baptized as a member of the Anglican church There are about 6000 people who owe their lives to Nicholas Winton. They are all connected to a group children who were saved by him from the Nazi threat in 1939. Nicholas Winton saved 669 children from the Nazi’s and no one knew until almost 50 years later in 1988. His wife Grete found a scrapbook from 1938 with all the children 's photos and a full list of names. At the time Nicholas didn 't