Sir Nicholas George Winton (May 19, 1909 – July 1, 2015) was a banker from the U.K. who helped 669 children — most of them Jewish — escape what would have been certain death at the hands of the Nazis. Winton arranged for the youngsters to leave Czechoslovakia and make their way to Britain. In 2003, he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II; in 2014, he was awarded the highest honor of the Czech Republic. Known as the “British Schindler,” Winton passed away at age 106.
Quote: “There is a difference between passive goodness and active goodness, which is, in my opinion, the giving of one’s time and energy in the alleviation of pain and suffering. It entails going out, finding and helping those in suffering and danger, and not merely in leading an exemplary life, in a purely passive way of doing no wrong.” | “Everyone thinks my story should be marked by heroism, but there was no risk to myself. You see, no-one in Prague at that time thought they were going to be at war with England.”
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