PartⅢDevelopingideasTHEPOWERofGOOD“TheBritishSchindler”:thelifeofNicholasWintonItisAugust1939,andagroupoffrightenedchildrenareboardingatrainatPrague’sWilsonStation
Theirheartbrokenparentsdonotjointhem
(1)Indeed,theyfeartheymayneverseetheirchildrenagain
Buttheyknowthattheirchildrenwilllive
Theseareamongthe669children,(2)mostofthemJewish,thatNicholasWintonwillgoontosavefromdeathatthehandsoftheNazis
NicholasWintonwasbornon19May1909inLondon,toGerman-Jewishparents
ThefamilylatertookBritishnationality
(3)Onleavingschool,WintonworkedinbanksinGermanyandFrance
HereturnedtoBritainin1931,(4)whereheworkedinbusiness
InDecember1938,afriendaskedWintontocometoPraguetoaidpeople(5)whowereescapingfromtheNazis
InPrague,(6)Wintonsawpeoplelivinginterribleconditionsand(7)whoseliveswereindanger
Hedecidedtohelptra