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/LavenderGinFizz Feb 25 '25

It makes me tear up every single time I see it!

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u/1Bookworm Feb 25 '25

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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u/-Trooper5745- Feb 26 '25

And even a military official in the Salvadoran embassy

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u/1Bookworm Feb 26 '25

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