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/Acceptable-Bell142 Feb 26 '25

The transport was due to leave the day Germany invaded Poland. Some of the children on that transport were the siblings of children he'd already brought to the UK.

None of the children who should've been on that transport survived the Holocaust.

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u/cfeltch108 Feb 26 '25

I looked it up, it was 2. It was also only 250 it turns out, and sadly it's not they're believed to be the only two that survived, they were the only two that survived.

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u/Acceptable-Bell142 Feb 26 '25

I'm glad they've updated the information. I read that before he died, and it stuck with me.

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u/cfeltch108 Feb 26 '25

I totally get that. The fact that it was only 2 stuck with me too, I only rechecked the story after seeing your comment.