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/72kdieuwjwbfuei626 Feb 25 '25 edited Feb 25 '25

It’s Sir Nicholas Winton MBE. The knighthood is for saving the children, but the MBE he got before this story was published. It’s for entirely unrelated charity work.

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u/SockNo948 Feb 25 '25

so just generally a heroic motherfucker then

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u/Latter-League-2655 Feb 26 '25

IIRC he was on the British Olympic fencing team but the Olympics was cancelled due to the war

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u/Practical_Ledditor54 Feb 26 '25

And that's when it became...personal.

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u/Vryly Feb 26 '25

The Man Who Stabbed Hitler, Justice won't be Foiled, coming this summer.

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u/zeugma888 Feb 26 '25

Brilliant title!

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u/Dreaming_in_Sign Feb 26 '25

Incredible 😂

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u/Flanderkin Feb 26 '25

The poster is H-Doofus clutching his junk with a very serious “Ach! Mein Gott!” Face. The shadow of a fencer lies across the desk they are standing next to.

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u/Expensive_Prior_5962 Feb 26 '25

British.... Heroic motherfucker.....

Yes... Of course.

;)

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u/Ds3- Feb 26 '25

MBE?

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u/PiersPlays Feb 26 '25

It's another type of Royal award.

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u/piercedmfootonaspike Feb 27 '25

I thought the knighthood came with the CBE or GBE, so how is he still "just" an MBE? If he had an MBE before, wouldn't he be "upgraded" to a CBE?