Sir Nicholas Winton

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Winton children joined by diplomats at AJR plaque unveiling Goodenough College Photos taken by Adam Soller Photography©

May 21, 2026, 10:12 am

AJR unveils Blue Plaque honouring Czech refugee rescue organisations

Ceremony in London at Goodenough College attended by diplomats, descendants of refugees, historians and survivors Lord Alf Dubs and John Fieldsend

By Michelle Rosenberg

November 18, 2025, 4:51 pm

‘Thank you, Vera’ – voice that inspired generations falls silent

Heartfelt tributes to Kindertransport refugee Vera Schaufeld, who has died aged 95

By Michelle Rosenberg

July 8, 2025, 11:11 am

OPINION: That’s (the extraordinary) Life of Sir Nicholas Winton

6,000 people are alive as a result of one man’s actions echoing down the generations

By Darren Richman

September 4, 2024, 11:11 am

Prague names street after Czech Kindertransport hero Sir Nicholas Winton

Survivors honour the Briton who saved 669 Jewish children from the Nazis

By Michelle Rosenberg

The Kindertransport refugees hosted by Lord Mayor of City of London at Mansion House of AJR in London Mansion House on 16 7 2024. Photos taken by Adam Soller Photography©

July 17, 2024, 2:23 pm

‘We are proud of the City’s Jewish heritage’: Lord Mayor hosts Kindertransport refugees

Moving event at London's Mansion House marks 85 years since historic humanitarian rescue mission

By Michelle Rosenberg

The concert was hosted by renowned actor Tom Conti, who recently portrayed the German-Jewish refugee Albert Einstein in the film Oppenheimer.

May 13, 2024, 10:48 am

Kindertransport refugees receive standing ovation at 85th anniversary concert

Surviving kinder, among them Lady Grenfell-Baines, Lord Alf Dubs and Bronia Snow, hailed as “national treasures” at Wigmore Hall event.

By Dan Hardoon

The HMD 2024 of AJR in London Belzise Sq Synagogue on 22 1 2024. Photos taken by Adam Soller Photography©

January 23, 2024, 12:49 pm

AJR commemorates life saving rescue missions at Holocaust Memorial Day

Milestone year as Association of Jewish Refugees marks the 85th anniversary of the Kindertransport and Kitchener Camp rescues

By Michelle Rosenberg

January 17, 2024, 2:13 pm

‘One Life’ actress Samantha Spiro to appear on stage in Holocaust play

The Most Precious of Goods opens at Marylebone Theatre in London next week

By Sarah Miller

January 4, 2024, 4:28 pm

Anger after Jewish children saved by Sir Nicholas Winton described as ‘central European’

Warner Bros updates wording to make clear the 'kinder' depicted in the film of One Life, starring Sir Anthony Hopkins, were overwhelmingly Jewish.

By Lee Harpin

Johnny Flynn as the young Nicholas Winton.

January 4, 2024, 1:15 pm

OPINION: Kindertransport legacy: Confronting antisemitism in today’s world

Some 85 years after Sir Nicholas Winton rescued 669 mostly Jewish children from Nazi persecution, the British government remains an unshakable ally of the Jewish community

By Karen Pollock

Sir Nicholas Winton surrounded by the children he rescued on That's Life!

December 30, 2023, 4:32 pm

Daughter of Nicholas Winton made ‘pretty big ask’ for casting of One Life film

The life story of British stockbroker Sir Nicholas is being adapted into One Life with Sir Anthony Hopkins taking on the role of a man who saved Jewish Czech children from the Nazis.

By Jewish News Reporter

Sir Anthony Hopkins as Nicholas Winton with Henrietta Garden as Vera Gissing

December 28, 2023, 1:04 am

One Life – the film about Sir Nicholas Winton – opens in cinemas

Finally the movie about the miracle rescue of 669 Jewish children is here and this is their story

By Nicole Lampert

Coming to the festival: Ania Buckstein and Dana Ivgy who star in The Other Widow, directed by Ma’ayan Rypp

October 21, 2023, 8:38 pm

‘We can’t be forced inside by terrorists’

With so many Israeli films in the UK Jewish Film Festival, its' Chief Executive is determined it will happen

By Brigit Grant

September 20, 2023, 12:53 am

Dame Esther Rantzen on “how much I owe to being Jewish”

The campaigner, philanthropist and TV legend shares life lessons and memories of Sir Nicholas Winton with a journalist she helped years ago

By Brigit Grant

"One Life", featuring Sir Anthony Hopkins as Sir Nicholas Winton. Pic: Warner Brothers

September 11, 2023, 5:03 pm

One Life: first trailer for Sir Nicholas Winton biopic featuring Anthony Hopkins

Movie starring Helena Bonham Carter, Johnny Flynn and Jonathan Pryce honours life of war-hero and 'British Schindler' who saved hundreds of Jewish children from Czechoslovakia in 1939

By Michelle Rosenberg

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