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Oct 14, 2012
"Don't be content in your life just to do no wrong. Be prepared every day to try to do some good." --Nicholas Winton
The 29-Year-Old Stockbroker Who Saved 699 Lives
In 1939 Nicholas Winton and a friend, Martin Blake, were supposed to take a skiing vacation. Instead, Blake, who worked with refugees, told Winton, at the time a 29-year-old stockbroker, that he should visit him in Prague and help with the refugees fleeing Hitler's advancing armies. Nicholas Winton did go to Prague and he was deeply affected by what he saw. Fueled by compassion, the young stockbroker worked day and night to literally save the lives of 699 young children. For decades he kept it all a secret -- even from his wife, until one day...
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