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Nicholas Winton and the rescued generation : save one life, save the world / Muriel Emanuel and Vera Gissing.
Van Pelt Library DS135.E6 W564 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Emanuel, Muriel.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Winton, Nicholas, 1909-2015.
- Winton, Nicholas.
- Jews--England--Biography.
- Jews.
- England.
- Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945--Jews--Rescue--Great Britain.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- Jewish refugees--Great Britain.
- Jewish refugees.
- Kindertransports (Rescue operations).
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Czechoslovakia.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945).
- Czechoslovakia.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 193 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Portland, OR : Vallentine Mitchell, 2002.
- Contents:
- 1 Nicholas Winton: The Man 3
- Family Background 3
- Early Days: 1909-31 7
- The City: 1931-39 20
- Dark Days: 1939-45 24
- Looking Forward: 1946-48 37
- A Change of Direction: 1948 and After 48
- 2 The Rescue Mission 59
- Who Will Save the Children? 63
- Enter Mr Winton 66
- Never Say it Can't be Done 73
- Life is a Lottery 79
- Those Who Helped 86
- No Time to Say Goodbye 122
- The Emigration Game - Winter 1938-39 125
- 3 The Re-Awakening 129
- You Can't Throw Those Papers Away 129
- Getting Acquainted 131
- What Became of the Children? 132
- New Beginnings 134
- Coping with Loneliness 137
- No Hugs, No Kisses 142
- Forging a Bond with Those in Need 146
- Fuelled by Adversity 153
- Coming Home 162
- 4 The Twilight Years 172
- Retirement 172
- Life Gathers Pace 174
- Dawn of a New Era 177
- Service Above Self 181
- Vera Gissing's Speech on Holocaust Memorial Day 193.
- ISBN:
- 0853034257
- OCLC:
- 47900600
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