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01670aam a2200325 a 4500 001 60DFA7D885BA11E4943A4787DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20141217010023 008 t2104 enk 00| 0 eng 020 $a 1783065206 020 $a 9781783065202 040 $d SKYRV $e rda $d SILO 100 1 $a Winton, Barbara, $d 1953- 245 10 $a If it's not impossible : $b the life of Sir Nicholas Winton / $c Barbara Winton. 246 30 $a Life of Sir Nicholas Winton 246 3 $a If it is not impossible : the life of Sir Nicholas Winton. 264 1 $a Leicestershire: $b Matador, $c 2014. 300 $a xviii, 277 pages : $b illustrated ; $c 24 cm. 500 $a "He saved 669 children from the Holocaust. 50 years later they discovered his identity" 520 $a 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. 600 10 $a Winton, Nicholas, $d 1909- 650 0 $a Refugee children $z Czechoslovakia. 650 0 $a Kindertransports (Rescue operations) $z Czechoslovakia. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945. 650 0 $a Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) 650 0 $a Children of Holocaust survivors. 650 0 $a Holocaust survivors. 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20150926031106.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=60DFA7D885BA11E4943A4787DAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search