Nicholas Winton Saved 669 Children and Never Told Anyone

London stockbroker Nicholas Winton organized the rescue of 669 Jewish children from Czechoslovakia in 1939. He chartered trains, forged documents, found British foster families - all independently. His wife discovered the truth in 1988 in a scrapbook. On BBCs That Is Life in 1988 the host revealed that everyone around Winton was a child he saved. The audience of 669 stood and applauded.