New film honors Nicholas Winton — Britain’s version of Oskar Schindler

Trains to safety Winton was born Nicholas Wertheim in 1909 to British parents from German-Jewish families, who Anglicized their last name to Winton during World ... died in 2015, aged 106, on ... Read More

Sir Nicholas Winton may have saved even more Jewish children from the Nazis than previously thought after unpublished diary reveals new 1939 rescue flight

British hero Sir Nicholas ... tonight who owes their life to Nicholas Winton? If so, can you stand up please.' After a short pause, four rows of middle-aged people stood up. All of them owed ... Read More

Sir Nicholas Winton may have saved even more Jewish children from Nazis

Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved hundreds of Jewish children ... as their saviour wept. Sir Nicholas died aged 106 in 2015. Read More

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By Lara Jakes Horses Run Loose Through Central London in Surreal Spectacle Having a team in the world’s richest sports competition might alter how people think of Luton, a place long dogged by a ... Read More

‘One Life’ director James Hawes on telling the story of Sir Nicholas Winton, the ‘British Schindler’

When director James Hawes set out to make One Life, a film about Sir Nicholas Winton ... family stories connected to Winton’s rescue efforts. Keep KCRW Independent. KCRW is here to provide you with ... Read More

Anthony Hopkins in One Life prompts Llanwrtyd Wells memories

The story of how British stockbroker Nicholas Winton facilitated the rescue of hundreds of central European children from the Nazis on the eve of World ... died in 2015, aged 106. Read More

Movie review: Saving the world, one child at a time

First, it’s a British ... the world.” I don’t often wipe away tears, in movies or in life, but I cried honest tears. Who better than Sir Anthony Hopkins to portray Sir Nicholas Winton? Read More

British man claims the crown of the world's oldest man at age 111

British man ... been confirmed as the world's oldest man by Guinness World Records. It follows the death of the Venezuelan record-holder, Juan Vicente Pérez Mora, who died weeks before his ... Read More

Nicholas Winton's Son Says Anthony Hopkins Is 'Just Uncanny' as His Father in “One Life ”(Exclusive)

Known as "Nicky" to his friends, family and the filmmakers behind the movie, Winton, who died in 2015 at age 106, chose not to publicize his efforts in the "Kindertransport" — as the British ... Read More

Sir Nicholas Winton may have saved even more Jewish children from Nazis

Sir Nicholas Winton is celebrated for rescuing 669 Jewish children from ... who worked with Sir Nicholas to extract children from Prague on the eve of the Second World War. Three documented flights ... Read More

Sir Nicholas Winton may have saved even more Jewish children from Nazis

Sir Nicholas Winton is celebrated for rescuing 669 Jewish ... to extract children from Prague on the eve of the Second World War. Three documented flights were made before the Nazis occupied ... Read More