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Author:
Winton, Barbara, 1953-
Title:
If it's not impossible : the life of Sir Nicholas Winton / Barbara Winton.
Publisher:
Matador,
Copyright Date:
2014
Description:
xviii, 277 pages : illustrated ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Winton, Nicholas,--1909-
Refugee children--Czechoslovakia.
Kindertransports (Rescue operations)--Czechoslovakia.
World War, 1939-1945.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)
Children of Holocaust survivors.
Holocaust survivors.
Notes:
"He saved 669 children from the Holocaust. 50 years later they discovered his identity"
Summary:
There are around 6000 people who are alive today because of Nicholas Winton. They are the descendants of endangered children rescued in 1939 from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia on a Kindertransport he organized. What motivated a young English stockbroker to take on such a monumental task? His daughter, Barbara, sets out to answer this and other questions about the character, motivation and life of the now 104-year-old humanitarian.
ISBN:
1783065206
9781783065202
Locations:
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

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