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Nicholas Winton and the Rescued Generation: Save One Life, Save the World, Third Revised Edition (Library of Holocaust Testimonies) - Tapa blanda

Emanuel, Muriel; Gissing, Vera

 
9780853034254: Nicholas Winton and the Rescued Generation: Save One Life, Save the World, Third Revised Edition (Library of Holocaust Testimonies)
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ISBN 10: 0853034257 ISBN 13: 9780853034254
Editorial: Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd, 2001

Sinopsis

When Nicholas Winton met a friend in Prague in December 1938, he was shocked by the plight of thousands of refugees and Czech citizens desperate to flee from the advancing German army. A British organization had been set up to help the adults, but who would save the children? Winton felt he could not walk away. He set up a makeshift office and in just three weeks interviewed thousands of distraught parents who had the courage to part with their children and send them alone to England. Armed with their details and photos, he returned to London to convince the Home Office of the urgency of the situation. He knew he was working against time. His supreme efforts resulted in eight train-loads bringing 669, mainly Jewish, children to London. Winton has been a remarkable humanitarian all his life. After the war, wishing to be involved with the rehabilitation of Europe's refugees, he worked for international organizations. He retired early, settled in Maidenhead and devoted himself to charitable works for which he was honoured with the MBE in 1983. This is his story.

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Muriel Emanuel, born in London, worked as an editor of art reference books before becoming a freelance writer and researcher. Her publications include Israel: A Survey and Bibliography, 1971 and Contemporary Architects, 1980 and 1994. Vera Gissing was born in Prague in 1928. She escaped to Britain in 1939 on one of the eight Winton trains. An author of children's books and a literary translator, she is widely known for her autobiography Pearls of Childhood, published in 1988 and now in its eleventh edition, and for her work in Holocaust education.

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Editorial
Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd
Año de publicación
2001
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0853034257
ISBN 13 
9780853034254
Encuadernación
Tapa blanda
Número de páginas
192
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