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Nicholas Winton
British stockbroker who saved 669 Jewish children during 1938–39
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Sir Nicholas George Winton MBE (born Nicholas George Wertheim; 19 May 1909 – 1 July 2015) was a British humanitarian. He is best known for his role in the rescue of 669 mostly Jewish children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia before World War II. This event became known as the Czech Kindertransport. He was also known as the "British Schindler".
Sir Nicholas Winton
MBE
Nicholas Winton in Prague.jpg
Winton in Prague on 10 October 2007.
Born
Nicholas George Wertheim
19 May 1909
Hampstead, London, England
Died
1 July 2015 (aged 106)
Slough, Berkshire, England
Other names
Nicholas George Wortham
Alma mater
Stowe School
Occupation
Humanitarian
Years active
1938–2015
Spouse(s)
Grete Gjelstrup (m. 1948–1999) (her death)
Children
3
Website
http://www.nicholaswinton.com/
Winton was born in Hampstead, London, England. His parents were German Jews. The family later became Christians and Winton was baptised. In 1923, he began studying at Stowe School. He married Grete Gjelstrup, a woman of Danish origin, in 1948. They were married until Gjelstrup's death in 1999. They had three children together, Nicholas, Barbara and Robin.[1]
Winton died from respiratory failure on 1 July 2015 in Slough, Berkshire, aged 106
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