Biography of nicholas winton

Nicholas Winton (1909-2015) was a stockbroker born in West Hampstead in London. His parents were of German-Jewish ancestry but chose to have their son baptised in the Anglican Church.

Between December 1938 and September 1939, Winton worked with friends and colleagues in Prague and London to organise the transport and reception of children threatened by the Nazi racial laws which applied in Czechoslovakia after the German invasion of March 1939.

Winton was asked to come to Prague by his friend Martin Blake, a teacher at Westminster School and a member of the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia.

Biography of nicholas winton

Blake introduced Winton to Doreen Wariner, who showed Winton the overcrowded refugee camps. Working from his hotel room – often hearing petitions while he shaved – Winton collected applications. He returned to London with the names of children and spent his evenings and weekends raising