Sir Nicholas Winton is 104 years old today. He saved hundreds of Czech Jewish children, and now a petition has been launched calling for him to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
We students are young people, who believe that the deeds of Sir Nicholas Winton should deserve the Nobel Peace Prize award.
In the year 1939, Sir Nicholas Winton saved 669 mainly Jewish children mostly from Nazi occupied area of former Czechoslovakia. Despite the reluctance of the government in his homeland, Winton on his own organized train transportations into Great Britain, giving the children new hope and a new home.
Here is a video produced by Winton’s young Czech supporters.
Hat tip: Sarka
