Today would have been the 111th birthday of Nicholas Winton, a man credited with saving 669 children, most of them Jewish, from Czechoslovakia during Nazi regime. He along with his colleagues Dorren Warriner and Trevor Chadwick, organised and ensured that all these children had homes in Britain.
That he did not seek any honours or rewards for this kind work, except a passing mention once followed by a total silence about this act of his, is indeed a great example of good deeds done for no personal glory. Google's doodle commemorating the man behind the Czech kindertransport, for the day is lovely!
The following clip from a short documentary made by BBC on Nicholas Winton, titled 'That's life' is very moving... So is the obituary published by The Guardian on 1 July 2015, the day he died.
That he did not seek any honours or rewards for this kind work, except a passing mention once followed by a total silence about this act of his, is indeed a great example of good deeds done for no personal glory. Google's doodle commemorating the man behind the Czech kindertransport, for the day is lovely!
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