Nicholas Winton’s ‘Kinder’ return to Prague to honour man who organised rescue of 669 childrenAt the age of seven, Alexandra Pfeifer was taken by her father and two brothers to Prague railway station, and told she was going on holiday. “I didn’t know where or why I was going. I didn’t know there was a place called England. I waved to my brothers out of the window when the train left the station,” she said.This week, 92-year-old Alexandra Greensted – her married name – returned to Prague to honour the man who organised the rescue of hundreds of Jewish children, including herself, from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia in 1939 on the “Kindertransport”. Continue reading…
Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/sep/03/czech-street-named-after-british-man-nicholas-winton-who-saved-jewish-children-from-nazis
Author : Harriet Sherwood
Publish date : 2024-09-03 14:30:16
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Czech street named after British man who saved Jewish children from Nazis
