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/[deleted] Feb 25 '25

A lot of people did things like this and never spoke of it to anyone, my great grandmother was one of them

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u/Nimue_- Feb 26 '25

Damn, all the stories in this thread are so cool. My granddad just stole his neighbours radio back from the nazis lol

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u/TheSciFiGuy80 Feb 26 '25

Every little bit helps

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u/TheStinger87 Feb 26 '25

How were they supposed to get their traffic reports then? The nerve of him.

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u/MediumAwkwardly Feb 26 '25

Still basass! Resist however we can!

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '25

Heh, in my county there was a German base ands they forced the locals to cook for them and feed them. Let's just say there were a lot less stray cats in the area for a while