Sir Nicholas WInton

Film about Nicholas Winton, rescuer of children from the Nazis, stars Anthony Hopkins

The Oscar-winning actor plays the British rescuer in his older years.

By Marcy Oster September 10, 2020 12:46 pm

Children saved by ‘British Schindler’ dedicate Prague memorial to their parents

The monument, called the Farewell Memorial, is comprised of a replica of a train door from 1939, with the imprints of hands of children on one side and of parents on the other.

May 28, 2017 2:47 pm

Postage stamp for ‘British Schindler’ issued

Sir Nicholas Winton, who helped rescue 669 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, died July 1 at the age of 106.

March 16, 2016 9:28 am

Royal Mail announces stamp for ‘British Schindler’

December 30, 2015 11:48 am

Play JTA’s Jewish News of the Year Quiz

By Lenore Skenazy September 1, 2015 2:45 pm

Sir Nicholas Winton, ‘British Schindler,’ to get own stamp

August 25, 2015 7:52 am

When Nicholas Winton, the British rescuer of Jews, was rebuffed by the U.S.

By Rafael Medoff July 2, 2015 4:28 pm

‘British Oskar Schindler’ to receive Czech Republic’s highest honor

October 15, 2014 7:57 am

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