September 1st September 1, 2009
Posted by smartley in Uncategorized. add a commentOn this day, 70 years after the Nazi invasion of Poland, a steam train will leave Prague to retrace the journey taken by Jewish children who were trapped in Czechoslovakia in the late 1930’s. On 1st September the Winton train (named after Sir Nicholas Winton who organised the Kindertransports to enable the children to escape) will make this commemorative journey with some of the survivors and their families. Over 600 Jewish children were saved by these journeys. The train due to leave on September 1st 1939 never began. Sir Nicholas, now aged 100, will be at Liverpool Street Station on Friday 4th September 2009 to greet passengers making this journey of remembrance.
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