Man Who Saved 669 kids From Nazi Death Camps Gets a Tearful Surprise

Nicholas Winton is known for organizing the rescue of 669 Czech children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia during the 9 months before war broke out in 1939.

The story became known to the public in 1988 when it featured on That’s Life, a BBC TV programme hosted by Esther Rantzen.

Over 50 years after saving those kids, Sir Nicholas Winton gets a tearful surprise on TV. Everyone in the audience was one of those children he saved, all grown up.