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/maunzendemaus Feb 26 '25

106! what a lifespan

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u/NocturnalCheese Feb 26 '25

And from the same Wikipedia article, he died 76 years to the day after 241 of the children he helped save departed Prague by train.

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u/Blackthorne75 Feb 27 '25

An extraordinary life; we need more like him in our little blue world.

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u/Jubijub Mar 01 '25

Can you imagine his karma ? You got to be invincible with a karma like this :)