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One Life
- Author
- Barbara Winton
- Narrator
- Kristin Atherton
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish Date
- 5 November 2024
- Run Time
- 8 hours 41 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Now a major motion picture starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham Carter
In 1938, twenty-nine-year-old "Nicky" canceled a ski trip and instead spent nine months masterminding a seemingly impossible plan to rescue hundreds of Jewish children and find them homes in the United Kingdom. Over 6,000 people are alive today because of his efforts.
What motivated an ordinary man to do something so extraordinary? This book, written by his daughter, Barbara, explores the 106-year life of an incredible humanitarian, a man whose legacy only came to public light decades later.
His life story is a clarion call to choose action over apathy in the face of injustice, and a reminder that every one of us can change the world.
"If something is not impossible, then there must be a way to do it."
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Details
- Author
- Barbara Winton
- Narrator
- Kristin Atherton
- Duration
- 8 hours 41 minutes
- Release Date
- 5 November 2024
- ISBN
- 9798855571028
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Tantor Media, Inc
- Genre
- Biography: general, Second World War, Social and cultural history
Synopsis
Sir Nicholas Winton rescued 669 Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia at the brink of World War II. Most never saw their parents again. This is his story.Now a major motion picture starring Sir Anthony Hopkins and Helena Bonham CarterIn 1938, twenty-nine-year-old "Nicky" canceled a ski trip and instead spent nine months masterminding a seemingly impossible plan to rescue hundreds of Jewish children and find them homes in the United Kingdom. Over 6,000 people are alive today because of his efforts.What motivated an ordinary man to do something so extraordinary? This book, written by his daughter, Barbara, explores the 106-year life of an incredible humanitarian, a man whose legacy only came to public light decades later.His life story is a clarion call to choose action over apathy in the face of injustice, and a reminder that every one of us can change the world."If something is not impossible, then there must be a way to do it."
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