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Nicholas Winton was a 28 year old stock broker planning a ski trip when a friend suggested he visit Prague. The Nazi's had just began their occupation of Czechoslovakia. As a response to the desecration he saw, Winton set up a serious of trains that took upwards of 200+ children on each train out of the region to England. 8 trains made it out to safety but one did not.
Here is a small but mighty BBC video about Nicholas Winton. It begs the question: what makes a hero?
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