We are delighted to be working with the Jewish News on this campaign for the Royal Mail to produce a stamp in recognition of Sir Nicholas Winton who saved 669 children from the Holocaust.
Anyone who has heard of Nicholas Winton has learnt something about standing up against injustice. This would be a fitting tribute to ensure that his legacy will continue.
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Sir Nicholas Winton, who was born in 1909, had been due to go on a skiing holiday in December 1938 but instead decided to go to Prague to assist a friend who was trying to help Jewish refugees. It was here that he had the idea of rescuing children by finding British families who could give them a home.
Winton set up an office at a dining room table at his hotel in Prague before returning to London where he worked with relief organisations to set up the Czech Kindertransport. 8 trains left Czechoslovakia in 1939, saving hundreds of children.
Winton never spoke about his efforts and it was not until his wife discovered a scrapbook containing information about the trains that they became known. His tory became more widely known when he appeared in a 1988 episode of That's Life!, unaware that he was surrounded by the people he had saved. You can watch a clip of this here. He was given numerous accolades for his humanitarian work but remained a humble and modest man for the rest of his life.
Winton passed away on 1st July 2015, at the age of 106.