LONDON, England -- Nicholas Winton, a humanitarian who almost single-handedly saved more than 650 Jewish children from the Holocaust, earning himself the label "Britain's Schindler," has died. He was ...

In December 1938 Nicholas Winton, a 29-year-old British stockbroker, scrapped his plans for a skiing vacation in Switzerland and flew instead to Prague. He had come, at the invitation of a friend, to ...

LONDON (AP) — “Is there anyone in our audience tonight who owes their life to Nicholas Winton?” asked the presenter of the popular BBC magazine program “That’s Life”. Around the elderly man, sitting ...

“There are around 6,000 people in the world today who owe their lives to Nicholas Winton,” writes his late daughter in this straightforward account of his life, referring to the descendants of the ...

In 1939, Sir Nicholas Winton quietly orchestrated the rescue of 669 Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Europe, giving them a chance at life while much of the world looked away. He kept his heroic ...

The most inspiring and heartbreaking story since "Schindler's List" is "Nicky's Family," another authentic Holocaust saga that will make you weep. In my view, there is nothing so poignant as a film ...

LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) - A man who became known as the "British Schindler" for saving hundreds of Czech children from Nazi persecution in the run-up to World War Two, has died at the age of 106.

The son of the man often described as "Britain's Schindler" has spoken of his pride at what his late father achieved. On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration ...