NICHOLAS WINTON
he was living and working in London
his friend worked for the British embassy, and he was helping to organise refugee for many families from Czechoslovakia
Germany's leader, Adolf Hitler, hated jews
this families were jewish
he wanted to help the families in Czechoslovakia before it was too late
there were a lot of children in the refugee camps, and he decided to organise special trains to take them to Britain
he started to raise money for their journey
march 1939
Hitler invaded the rest of Czechoslovakia
that year, eight large groups of children (665) left Prague.
3rd 1939, there was an eight train at Prague station.
unfortunjately,it never lefth Prague.
that day, the second world war started
the germans closed the bordes
669 children started a new life in england
they lived with British families
50 years later, in 1988
his wife found documents, letters and photos and Winton finally told his story
september 2009
a special train lefth Prague station
on the train there were 22 of the original children
aggettivi
-open minded
-popular
-brave
-revolutionary
-demanding
-stubborn