r/MadeMeSmile • u/RoyalChris • Feb 25 '25

Wholesome Moments Nicholas Winton helped 669 Jewish children escape the Nazis and his efforts went unrecognised for 50 years. Then, in 1988, while sitting as a member of a TV audience, he suddenly found himself surrounded by the kids he had rescued, who were now adults.

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u/RonnieHasThePliers Feb 25 '25

What is truly amazing about this story is he didn't tell anybody what he did. He went on a skiing trip and war broke out. He knew what was up and got those kids to England and kept their names in a scrapbook. Something like 30 years later, his wife finds the scrapbook and is all like "what's with this?" And he must've been like "just the kids I saved, what do you think we should have for dinner?".

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u/Admirable_Addendum99 Feb 25 '25

That's all it takes to do the right thing. It doesn't have to be broadcasted to the world. This guy was one of the real ones.

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u/Actual_Body_4409 Feb 26 '25

Yeah, but they didn’t have TikTok in 1939.