British Schindler Nicholas Winton Dies at 106-2

Most of us have heard of Oscar Schindler, especially because of the movie Schindler's List.

But how many of us have heard of Nicholas Winton?  He, too, was a great hero, saving many Jewish people from the Holocaust.

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