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Man who saved 669 children from the Nazis turns 105; receives highest honor
Posted on 5/27/14 at 10:56 am
Posted on 5/27/14 at 10:56 am
Think you've done something awesome lately?
That video halfway down the article of him reuniting with some of the kids he's saved is pretty fricking awesome.
Based on the kids he saved and their future generations:
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After saving 669 children, most of them Jewish, from likely death at Nazi concentration camps at the onset of World War II, it was announced Monday -- on Winton's 105th birthday -- that the heroic Englishman will be awarded the Order of the White Lion, the highest order in the Czech Republic, the Associated Press reported. In the official announcement, Czech President Milos Zeman noted Winton's example of humanity, selflessness, personal bravery and modesty as reasons for the prestigious honor. The award will be given to Winton this October.
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He created advertisements for foster homes. He manipulated paperwork to sidestep government red tape that would have gotten in his way, CBS News reported. He even persuaded Germans to go along with his plan. Continuing his efforts from his home in London for the next nine months, Winton coordinated eight train evacuations of 669 children from Czechoslovakia to Britain, saving them from almost certain death.
That video halfway down the article of him reuniting with some of the kids he's saved is pretty fricking awesome.
Based on the kids he saved and their future generations:
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According to the Guardian, there are roughly 6,000 people around the world today that owe Winton their lives.
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Posted on 5/27/14 at 10:59 am to CocomoLSU
think they waited long enough?
Posted on 5/27/14 at 10:59 am to CocomoLSU
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The award will be given to Winton this October
Why are they waiting so long? I don't want to take away from how awesome this man is, but at 105, I would think every month you get is a luxury.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 11:00 am to CocomoLSU
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The award will be given to Winton this October.
He's 105. frick October; give it to him tomorrow.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 11:00 am to gazelles
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think they waited long enough?
No shite!
Posted on 5/27/14 at 11:04 am to CocomoLSU
Ohhh I saw this on dateline or something a few weeks ago. He was very humble about it like he was just doing what he needed to be done kind of thing. ..
Posted on 5/27/14 at 11:05 am to CocomoLSU
ALPHA AS frick
Posted on 5/27/14 at 11:05 am to DestrehanTiger
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Why are they waiting so long?
No idea. It was the first thing I thought as well.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 11:06 am to Bubb
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Ohhh I saw this on dateline or something a few weeks ago. He was very humble about it like he was just doing what he needed to be done kind of thing. ..
From the article:
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"I work on the motto that if something's not impossible, there must be a way of doing it," Winton told CBS News last month.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 11:08 am to gazelles
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think they waited long enough?
No kidding
Awesome story
Posted on 5/27/14 at 11:13 am to ZereauxSum
There was a 60 minutes on this recently. He was sitting in an auditorium with hundreds of people and he didn't know any of them. The person at the podium said "Stand up if you would not be alive if it weren't for this man"
Every single person stood up and he started crying.
There wasn't a dry eye in my house for that.
Every single person stood up and he started crying.
There wasn't a dry eye in my house for that.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 11:19 am to TheCaterpillar
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"Stand up if you would not be alive if it weren't for this man"
You didn't click the link.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 11:20 am to CocomoLSU
it is truly amazing that things like that happened and the humility it brings to people. you do those heroic things not because it was someone looking for glory, but because it was right, and you were the man in that moment doing your duty, doing what had to be done.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 11:25 am to CocomoLSU
BUT BUT BUT The Holocaust Didn't Happen!!!!
Posted on 5/27/14 at 11:27 am to CocomoLSU
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You didn't click the link.
Link won't work with work filter.
I paraphrased. Eat my balls.
Posted on 5/27/14 at 11:32 am to TheCaterpillar
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Link won't work with work filter.
I paraphrased. Eat my balls.
A) You can go frick yourself.
B) My point was that what you're talking about was directly talked about in the article (with a video clip).
This post was edited on 5/27/14 at 11:48 am
Posted on 5/27/14 at 11:45 am to CocomoLSU
you phrased it like an internet tough guy choad
Posted on 5/27/14 at 12:19 pm to CocomoLSU
Great man
Posted on 5/27/14 at 12:23 pm to TheCaterpillar
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There was a 60 minutes on this recently
Yep. Watched that the night it aired. It was fantastic
Posted on 5/27/14 at 12:26 pm to CocomoLSU
Touré has some interesting thoughts on this
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