"British Oskar Schindler" WWII Sir Nicholas Winton RARE JSA SIGNED 8x10 PHOTO

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"British Oskar Schindler" WWII Sir Nicholas Winton RARE JSA SIGNED 8x10 PHOTO:
$1500.00

PLEASE NOTE THIS IS THE LAST SIR NICHOLAS WINTON AUTOGRAPH 8X10 I HAVE AVAILBLE. Thissale is for the following Sir Nicholas Winton WWII "BritishOskar Schindler" RARE autographed 8x10 photograph signed in ballpoint penthat has been JSA authenticated. This Sir Nicholas George Winton autographed8x10 photograph has been authenticated by the most prestigious and respectedauthentication company in the hobby JSA #MM68286. Autographed items that havebeen authenticated by JSA adds and additional value to all signed items thatbare the JSA authentication process.

BIO:Sir Nicholas George Winton WWII "British Oskar Schindler" (Deceased)was a British humanitarian who helped to rescue children who were at risk fromoppression by Nazi Germany. Born to German-Jewish parents who had emigrated toBritain at the beginning of the 20th century, Winton assisted in the rescue of669 children, most of them Jewish, from Czechoslovakia on the eve of World WarII. On a brief visit to Czechoslovakia he helped compile a list of childrenneeding rescue and, returning to Britain, he worked to fulfill the legalrequirements of bringing the children to Britain and finding homes and sponsorsfor them. This operation was later known as the Czech Kindertransport (Germanfor "children's transport").

Hishumanitarian accomplishments went unnoticed by the world for nearly 50 yearsuntil 1988 when he was invited to the BBC television programme That's Life!,where he was reunited with dozens of the children he had helped come to Britainand was introduced to many of their children and grandchildren. The Britishpress celebrated him and dubbed him the "British Schindler". In 2003,Winton was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for "services to humanity, insaving Jewish children from Nazi Germany occupied Czechoslovakia". On 28October 2014, he was awarded the highest honour of the Czech Republic, theOrder of the White Lion (1st class), by Czech President Miloš Zeman.

In1923, Winton entered Stowe School, which had just opened. He left withoutqualifications, attending night school while volunteering at the Midland Bank.He then went to Hamburg, where he worked at Behrens Bank, followed by WassermanBank in Berlin. In 1931, he moved to France and worked for the Banque Nationalede Crédit in Paris. He also earned a banking qualification in France. Returningto London, he became a broker at the London Stock Exchange. Though astockbroker, Winton was also "an ardent socialist who became close toLabour Party luminaries Aneurin Bevan, Jennie Lee and Tom Driberg". Throughanother socialist friend, Martin Blake, Winton became part of a left-wingcircle opposed to appeasement and concerned about the dangers posed by theNazis. At school, he had become an outstanding fencer and was selected for theBritish team in 1938. He had hoped to compete in the following Olympics, butthe games were cancelled because of World War II.

Shortlybefore Christmas 1938, Winton was planning to travel to Switzerland for askiing holiday. Following a call for help from Marie Schmolka and DoreenWarriner, he decided instead to visit Prague and help Martin Blake, who was inPrague as an associate of the British Committee for Refugees fromCzechoslovakia, then in the process of being occupied by Germany, and hadcalled Winton to ask him to assist in Jewish welfare work. Alongside theCzechoslovak Refugee Committee, the British and Canadian volunteers such asWinton, Trevor Chadwick, and Beatrice Wellington worked in organising to aidchildren from Jewish families at risk from the Nazis. Many of them set up theiroffice at a dining room table in a hotel in Wenceslas Square. Altogether,Winton spent one month in Prague and left in January 1939, six weeks before theGerman occupation of Czechoslovakia. Other foreign volunteers remained, such asChadwick, Warriner and Wellington. In November 1938, following Kristallnacht inNazi-ruled Germany, the House of Commons approved a measure to allow the entryinto Britain of refugees younger than 17, provided they had a place to stay anda warranty of £50 (approximately £3,600 adjusted for inflation as of 2021 wasdeposited per person for their eventual return to their own country.

Animportant obstacle was getting official permission to cross into theNetherlands, as the children were to embark on the ferry at Hook of Holland.After Kristallnacht in November 1938, the Dutch government officially closedits borders to any Jewish refugees. The Royal Netherlands Marechaussee searchedfor them and returned any found to Germany, despite the horrors ofKristallnacht being well known.

Wintonsucceeded, thanks to the guarantees he had obtained from Britain. After thefirst train, the process of crossing the Netherlands went smoothly. Wintonultimately found homes in Britain for 669 children, many of whose parents wouldperish in the Auschwitz concentration camp. His mother worked with him to placethe children in homes and later hostels. Throughout the summer of 1939, heplaced photographs of the children in Picture Post seeking families to acceptthem. By coincidence, the names of the London and North Eastern Railwaysteamers which operated the Harwich to Hook of Holland route included thePrague and the Vienna; the former can be seen in a 1938 Pathé newsreel.

Healso wrote to U.S. politicians such as President Franklin D. Roosevelt, askingthem to take more children. He said that two thousand more might have beensaved if they had helped, but only Sweden took any besides those sent toBritain. The last group of children, scheduled to leave Prague on 1 September1939, was unable to depart. With Hitler's invasion of Poland on the same day,the Second World War had begun. Of the 250 children due to leave on that train,only two survived the war.

Wintonacknowledged the vital roles in Prague of Doreen Warriner, Trevor Chadwick,Nicholas Stopford, Beatrice Wellington (born 15 June 1907), Josephine Pike andBill Barazetti (1914–2000), who also worked to evacuate children from Europe.Winton was in Prague for only about three weeks before the Nazis occupied thecountry.[36] He never set foot in the Prague main railway station, although astatue of him is erected there. He later wrote that Chadwick "then went towork and dealt with all the considerable problems at the Prague end and thiswork he continued to carry on even when it became difficult and dangerous whenthe Germans arrived. He deserves all praise".

Afterthe outbreak of World War II, Winton declined to be conscripted into theBritish Army, applying successfully for registration as a conscientiousobjector, and later served with the Red Cross. In 1940, he rescinded hisobjections and joined the Royal Air Force, Administrative and Special DutiesBranch. He was an aircraftman, rising to sergeant by the time he wascommissioned on 22 June 1944 as an acting pilot officer on probation.

On19 May 2014, Winton's 105th birthday, it was announced he was to receive theCzech Republic's highest honour, for giving Czech children "the greatestpossible gift: the chance to live and to be free". On 28 October 2014,Winton was awarded the Order of the White Lion (Class I) by Czech PresidentMiloš Zeman,[91] the Czech Defence Ministry having sent a special aircraft tobring him to Prague. The award was made alongside one to Sir Winston Churchill,which was accepted by his grandson Nicholas Soames. Zeman said he regretted thehighest Czech award having been awarded to the two personalities so belatedly,but added "better late than never". Winton was also able to meetsome of the people he rescued 75 years earlier, themselves then in their 80s. Hesaid, "I want to thank you all for this enormous expression of thanks forsomething which happened to me nearly 100 years ago—and a 100 years is a heckof a long time. I am delighted that so many of the children are still about andare here to thank me."

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