1. Nicolas Winton

2. Early Life.
Nicholas Winton was born on 19 May 1909 in Hampstead, London, a son of German Jewish parents who had moved to London two years earlier.The family name was Wertheim, but they changed it to Winton in an effort at integration.They also converted to Christianity, and Winton was baptised.
In 1923, Winton entered Stowe School, which had just opened. He left without graduating, attending night school while volunteering at the Midland Bank. He then went to Hamburg, where he worked at Behrens Bank, followed by Wasserman Bank inBerlin.In 1931, he moved to France and worked for the Banque Nationale de Crédit in Paris. He also earned a banking qualification in France. Returning to London, he became a broker at the London Stock Exchange. Through a stockbroker, Winton was also "an ardent socialist who became close to Labour Party party luminaries Aneurin Bevan, Jennie Lee and Tom Driberg."Through another socialist friend, Martin Blake, Winton became part of a left wing circle opposed to appeasement and concerned about the dangers posed by the Nazis.

3. Quick Facts Born : Nicholas George Wertheim 19 May 1909 (age 105)
Awards Order of the British Empire, Member (1983)
Order of Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, Class IV (1998)
Knight Bachelor (UK) (2002)
Pride of Britain Awards(2003)
Cross of Merit of the Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic, Grade I (2008)
British Hero of the Holocaust(2010)
Order of the White Lion(2014)
Born : Nicholas George Wertheim
19 May 1909 (age 105)
Hampstead, London, England
Residence : London, England
Occupation : Humanitarian
Spouse(s) : Grete Gjelstrup ( )
Children : Nick, Barbara, Robin (deceased)

4. Humanitarian Work
Nicholas Winton saved 699 chiildren during World War 2 and lived almost all his life without letting people know. The people he saved called him “Our Silent Hero”.
The story became known to the public around 1988,when it featured on “That’s Life”,a BBC TV programme hosted by Esther Rantzen. In 2003 he was knighted by the Queen