Topolanek praised the modesty with which Winton has helped other people all his life long. "I'd like the story to be heard by Czech children as well," Topolanek told journalists. Winton, 99, said, smiling, that he was immensely moved by the appreciation, which he said was German Politicians Launch Battle of the Bulge ...
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Prague is 12th most popular world city with tourists -TripAdvisor ... perhaps even more difficult for him to cope with than when he helped the children in the past. Shortly before the war broke out in 1939, Winton saved 669 children when he organised train transports from Prague to Britain for them. He had to secure permits for the departure for all children from Germans and entry permits from British authorities and admission to British families.
Most of the Jewish children who stayed in Czechoslovakia ended in concentration camps.
(Ceske Noviny)
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