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Sir Nicholas Winton
Holocaust hero the late Sir Nicholas Winton who will be portrayed by Sir Anthony Hopkins in the film One Life
April 27, 2022, 11:32 am
Anthony Hopkins’ bio-pic of ‘British Schindler’ seals his place in history
Jewish News campaigned for Sir Nicholas Winton to get his own stamp. Now the Holocaust hero gets a posthumous movie
By Brigit Grant
Truus Wijsmuller helped rescue more than 10,000 children during the Second World War from europe - but her incredible story of heroism is relatively unknown
April 29, 2021, 1:15 pm
The little-known ‘female Nicholas Winton’ who saved 10,000 Jewish children
A new documentary explores how unsung heroine Truus Wijsmuller rescued thousands of Jewish children from Europe during the Second World War at great risk to herself
By Francine Wolfisz
January 21, 2021, 10:39 am
120 Over 80 – meet our mentors!
Part two of our celebration of the Jewish community's oldest and wisest.
By Jewish News
Sir Nicholas Winton was the architect of the Kindertransport
September 12, 2020, 11:20 pm
Film about Kindertransport hero Sir Nicholas Winton stars Anthony Hopkins
'The British Schindler' who saved 669 mainly Jewish children from the Nazis will be depicted in 'One Life' for BBC Films
By JTA
Sir Nicholas Winton's Google Doodle
May 19, 2020, 9:28 am
Google Doodle marks Sir Nicholas Winton’s 111th birthday
Organiser of the kindertransport, often dubbed 'Britain's Schindler', is featured by the search engine
By Jack Mendel
Lady Milena Grenfell-Baines, left, and Barbara Winton with her late father Sir Nicholas, right.
September 6, 2019, 4:05 pm
Yorkshire Holocaust centre to pay tribute to Sir Nicholas Winton
The founder of the Kindertransport who saved close to 700 children from the Nazis will be honoured on the first anniversary of a new Holocaust education centre in Huddersfield
By Mathilde Frot
Dr Christopher Stephens, Head of Southlands College, Vera Schaufeld and, Professor Jean-Noël Ezingeard, Vice Chancellor of the University of Roehampton
July 31, 2019, 10:24 am
Kindertransport refugee and teacher awarded honorary doctorate
Vera Schaufeld, who established the Holocaust Centre and Museum, receives honour from University of Roehampton
By Jewish News Reporter
Smashed train window with handprints. Credit Robert Tait for the Guardian
June 11, 2019, 12:06 pm
Hatred then, hatred now: Kindertransport memorial smashed
Attack happened at the Valediction monument at Prague’s main railway station, where trains shuttled 669 mainly Jewish children to safety in the UK
By Jewish News Reporter
Unveiling bust of Mrs. Wijsmuller in Princess Beatrixoord in the Oosterpark, Amsterdam, 1965.
April 8, 2019, 3:28 pm
Dutch filmmakers making doc about Shoah hero appeal to UK Jews for help
Film about resistance fighter Geertruida Wijsmuller-Meijer being made by team from Holland, who are reaching out to Brits who she may have helped save
By Jewish News Reporter
Jewish Children Refugees Arriving From Germany In London On February 1939 (Photo by Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images)
April 4, 2019, 5:25 pm
Event to shed light on ‘lesser known strands of the Kindertransport’
International experts will descend on the capital to consider the famous pre-war rescue effort on 15-16 April at Lancaster House
Shabbat morning service led by Rabbis Elli Tikvah Sarah and Lea Muhlstein
July 2, 2018, 3:59 pm
Sir Nicholas Winton’s daughter addresses Liberal Judaism’s biennial from refugee camp
Movement's event in Birmingham featured 64 speakers including Rabbi Danny Freelander, president of the World Union For Progressive Judaism
Cllr Dean Cohen with Mayor of Barnet Brian Salinger, opening the new garden
March 14, 2018, 3:30 pm
Golders Green garden honours Holocaust hero Sir Nicholas Winton
Mayor of Barnet cuts ribbon to mark the legacy of British humanitarian who saved 669 Jewish children from the Nazis
Barbara Winton, the daughter of Sir Nicholas Winton, - compared the “dehumanising language” of the Nazis to that seen in 2018 (Photo credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)
December 20, 2017, 11:28 am
Daughter of Sir Nicholas Winton to attend Limmud festival
Revellers at the annual Jewish event can hear Barbara Winton's father's story of saving children from the Nazis
Some of the Kindertransport refugees saved by Sir Nicholas Winton (Credit: @RehakLubomir on Twitter)
May 28, 2017, 8:44 am
Children saved by Sir Nicholas Winton unveil plaque in their parents’ honour
Some of the 669 Kindertransport refugees release 'Farewell Memorial' as a 'belated expression of thanks' to those who helped save them
By Jewish News Reporter
Barbara Winton, the daughter of Sir Nicholas Winton, - compared the “dehumanising language” of the Nazis to that seen in 2018 (Photo credit: Dominic Lipinski/PA Wire)
February 10, 2017, 6:18 am
Nicholas Winton’s daughter urges PM to reverse closure of Dubs’ refugee scheme
The daughter of 'Britain's Schindler' says 'something must be done' to allow more child refugees into the UK
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