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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Yes, me too. There is also a Japanese man called Sugihara who did something similar. True heroes both of them.

https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/chiune-sempo-sugihara

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And even a military official in the Salvadoran embassy

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Thank you for sharing this as i wasnt aware of Colonel Contreras heroic deeds

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another one if you’re interested: Aristides de Sousa Mendes, Portuguese consul that also helped many refugees during the war, its difficult to put a number but they believe he may have saved 10s of thousands.

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Thank you. Yes, I love reading stories like this as it warms my heart that there are good people out there who risk their lives and not expect any reward.

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Amazing thank you