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/razorwireshrine Feb 25 '25

I just watched the movie One Life with Anthony Hopkins playing him. He was truly an amazing man.

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u/4amWater Feb 26 '25

I believe in the film some of the extra people in the back of this same scene were actually also people he saved

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u/suburban_airport Feb 26 '25

Yes, the actors in that scene were people he saved and their children and grandchildren!