A British stockbroker who saved 669 Czech children from the Holocaust was awarded the Righteous Among the Nations medal. Given at a ceremony this week at the Simon Wiesenthal Center in Los Angeles, the honor was accepted on behalf of 92-year-old Nicholas Winton by his daughter.
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