A film about Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved children from the Nazis, has its European premiere later.
The son of Sir Nicholas Winton, who saved 669 Jewish children from the Nazis before World War Two, has praised an "extraordinary" portrayal of his father in a new film.The humanitarian's son, Nick Winton, said the actor's performance "sent a shiver up my back".Image caption,The film shows how Sir Nicholas, a London stockbroker and the son of German Jews, helped to get young Jewish refugees out of occupied Czechoslovakia in 1938.
Alongside a few volunteers - including his mother - Sir Nicholas arranged train travel, visas and funding.told BBC Radio Berkshire"The train didn't leave. Most of the children died. Whenever he talked about it, he reflected mostly on the failure rather than the success.
The story of the rescued children was not known, even by Sir Nicholas' family, until the 1980s when documents were found at his home in Pinkneys Green, near Maidenhead.Unbeknown to him, the audience contained some of those who owed their lives to his rescue operation. His son said: "I think the first time that it actually made any impact on me was when I saw the first introduction of the people he'd saved to him on That's Life!."He was often asked: 'Why did you keep it a secret?' And he said: 'I didn't keep it a secret, I just didn't talk about it.'"
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