One Life

Read the book that inspired upcoming major motion picture starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham Carter . ''Remarkable'' - the Guardian Sir Nicholas Winton rescued 669 Jewish children from Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia at the brink of World War II. Most never saw their parents again. This is his story. In 1938, 29-year-old ''Nicky'' cancelled a ski holiday and instead spent 9 months masterminding a seemingly impossible plan to rescue hundreds of children and find them homes in the UK. There are around 6000 people who are alive today because of him. What motivated an ordinary man to do something so extraordinary? This book, written by his daughter, Barbara, explores the 106-year life of an incredible humanitarian, a man whose astounding feats only came to public light decades later. His legacy is to encourage us all to act when we see injustice or need, and to remind us that every one of us can change the world for the better. ''If something is not impossible, then there must be a way to do it.''

Product details

• Authors: Barbara Winton, Winton Barbara
• Publisher: Robinson Publishing
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.01.2024
• EAN: 9781472148667
• ISBN: 978-1-4721-4866-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 196 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Survival, HISTORY / Europe / General, British & Irish history, The Holocaust, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), True stories of heroism, endurance & survival, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Former Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovakia