This Day In History, 1945: The Liberation of Auschwitz

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On #HolocaustMemorialDay, we come together to learn more about the past and take action to create a safer future. At @nordenfarm in Maidenhead, The Earl of Wessex met the son of Sir Nicholas Winton and one of ‘Nicky’s Children’, John Fieldsend. Sir Nicholas rescued 669 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia in the nine months before war broke out in 1939, ensuring their safe passage to Britain and finding them homes. John Fieldsend, one of Nicky’s children, was saved by Sir Nicholas before the start of the war. He was only seven years old when he said goodbye to his family and escaped to England with his brother. The story only became known to the public in 1988 when it featured on ‘That’s Life’, a BBC TV programme hosted by Esther Rantzen. In 2003, Sir Nicholas received a Knighthood from The Queen for services to humanity. Visit our story to see the moment Sir Nicholas was reunited with some of the children he saved. Nicholas Winton was born on 19 May 1909 and passed away in 2015 aged 106. Film © ‘Nicky’s Children’ by Matej Minac.

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