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A man named Sir Nicholas Winton organised the rescue and passage to Britain of about 669 mostly Jewish Czechoslovakian children destined for the Nazi death camps before World War II. Him at a ceremony surrounded by those he saved.

Sir Nicholas Windon, who saved 669 children in 1938 from German concentration camps. He kept his heroic deed a secret for 50 years, until his wife found a list of the children's names in their attic.

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1. Sir Nicholas Winton, Saved 669 Children From the Holocaust, didn't tell anyone for 50 years, and went on to live to 106 years old.

2. Nicholas Winton - famous for saving 669 jewish children during WW2 - said in 2014: "I don't think we've learned anything ... the world today is in a more dangerous situation than it has ever been."

3. Sir Nicholas Winton, a successful stockbroker from London, went on a holiday to Czechoslovakia to see how he could save jews during WWII, ended up saving 669 children

4. Nicholas Wilton who saved 669 children from Czechoslovakia and brought them to safety in Great Britain.

5. Sir Nicholas Winston who set up the "Kindertransport" to save 669 from Nazis death camps in 1939 and then met a few of them on a TV show in 1998.

6. Sir Nicholas Winton, a British humanitarian, saved 669 Jewish children from death in 1938-1939 Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia. The children has all grown up and gave him a big surprise.

7. Sir Nicholas Winton personally saved 669 children from the Nazis in Czechoslovakia in 1939.

8. Exists Man Who Saved 669 Children During The Holocaust and He Has No Idea They're Around Him on Live Television Show

9. About Sir Nicholas Winston, a man who saved 669 children from the maw of the Nazi war machine.

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Sir Nicolas Winton, who helped save 669 Czechoslovak jews. This video shows Sir Winton, who unbeknownst to him, was sat amongst the children who he had saved over 40 years after the act - source

Sir Nicholas Winton, who found 669 Jewish children new homes in Britain before WW2. His deeds were unknown to the public until 1988 when he was invited to a BBC show under false pretences and was re-united with some of the children he saved. - source

About Nicholas Winton Who Saved 669 Children From The Holocaust

Sir Nicholas Winton, a man who saved the lives of 669 Czech children. - source

In 1938 Sir Nicholas Winton saved 669 children from the Holocaust and kept quiet about it till 1988.

About Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved 669 children from the Nazis in Czechoslovakia in 1939.

The Man Who Saved 669 Lives In Holocaust Sir Nicholas Winton Obituary