WATCH: Sir Nicholas Winton rescued 669 Jewish children during the Holocaust. Some of the survivors surprised him 50 years later. | Hananya Naftali

2.9M views · 11K reactions | #OnThisDay 1909: Sir Nicholas Winton was born. In 1938, he brought Jewish children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia to safety in the UK. Fifty years later, That’s Life reunited him with some of those children. You can see the full story here - https://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/nicholas_winton_on_thats_life/zbmxhbk | BBC Archive | Facebook

In one of the most extraordinary moments captured on film, Sir Nicholas Winton is unexpectedly reunited with the very people whose lives he saved. As a young man, Winton helped rescue hundreds of Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Europe, forging false documents and arranging their escape to safety in England at immense personal risk and with no expectation of recognition. Decades later, he was invited to appear on the BBC show “That’s Life” unaware that the seats around him were filled with peo