Nicholas Winton. I had not heard of this man until I came across this video. A friend of mine sent this to me and I was left with no words. All I could say to my friend was a genuine “thank you” for sharing this video. This humanitarian, Nicholas Winton will fill your hearts and eyes.
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A 30 year old man all alone established an organisation and rescued 669 mostly Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World War. A great example of humanity, right? Wait! the story isn’t over yet. Can you believe he kept this prodigious work as a secret from everyone?
It was after 50 years, when he was 80 years old his wife found the detailed scrapbook of the names and addresses of the rescued children and their parents. She secretively approached the BBC television program and with the scrapbook they found out 80 rescued children who were all grown up adults in Britain. Winton was invited as an audience for the show “That’s life! and what happened later is all seen in the video. He met his children, Winton’s children. He so deserves the title “British Schindler”
Nicholas Winton is 105 years old now and still remains a humanitarian. We see a lot of celebrities, politicians and businessmen talking about the humanitarian works they do but when you get to know about the humbleness of people like this you understand why “action speaks louder than the words”
“Everyone can be a humanitarian. All it takes is one act to help someone else.”– Valerie Amos
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Sometimes I believe a few words are highly overrated including kindness too, but to me I guess kindness can be as simple as this, it is your LIFE, it is your way and it is just a way of expanding yourself and feeling thankful for everything you have been blessed with. Can kindness mean this? Or does it have to be a fancy elaborate wording?
:). Glad you liked it mate, it sure was a highly inspirational event.
Nicholas Winton – thanks, I love kids, too
And Vinay Nagaraju – thanks for sharing, this story is important for me
He he he :D .. Thought we would confuse our readers a little more with the name Alok ;)
But then I will have to define which Nagaraju, Mr. or Miss? :) Just kidding. When I reach to inspire I just assume the blog has been written by Vinay only :)
That’s ok Alok. We are ok with any Nagaraju :)
He he happens to me many times Alok, Any Nagaraju will do for us :)
Oops sorry Vidyashree, I forget to check authors name in this post :)
Thank you Alok :).. It was one hell of a story and there was no way we could not share it :)
It feels so wonderful to see humanitarians like him.
He proved the Dalai Lama’s words so true,”My religion is very simple. My religion is kindness.”
Very true Anawn. That degree of humanity is hard to come.
What surprised me was to know that the man never told about this to anyone and didn’t even expect a gratitude from the children he saved.
He so justifies the word Humane.
That’s the first thing I thought about Najm. We brag about the small acts of kindness we do and here is someone who didn’t even feel like saying this to anyone.
Thank you Alok. It makes me think about the many untold stories of great heroes. He would have also remained an unsung hero had his wife not found it out.
I experienced the same thing when I saw this video Ravish.
These were his words when asked about the children he saved ” Wherever they were. I had good reason to assume they were safe and cared for.”
Happy to know you liked it Maniparna. It could have been very risky for him but he still did it. Such a brave heart.
Happy to know you liked it Chaitali. He is truly an inspiring man. So much to learn from him
One of the greatest examples of humane human
True Partha. There are many of those kind. There is saying in Kannada which goes like this when translated “Perform the act of kindness from one hand and let the other hand remain unaware of it” And Nicholas Winton proved it.
Nethra happy to know you liked it. Such an inspiring man :)
What an inspiring story, Vidya! That degree of humanity and humility is hard to come by. Nicholas is a hero!
Saving a whopping 669 lives and not bragging about it ! We have to give it up for this man for keeping it a secret ! Truly touching!
Cool, even I was not aware of it Vinay, and would definitely love to say a genuine Thank You to you for sharing this…
It was touching…no more words to say…I am speechless
It was touching…no more words to say…I am speechless
I’m speechless. My eyes just brimmed with tears after watching the video.
That’s called true humanitarian….thanks for sharing such an inspiring video
Thanks for sharing and letting us know about him…a brave and kind-hearted man…kudos to him… :-)
Truly a humane human being.
Truly touching. Short of words. Thanks for sharing this Vidya.