'Winton Train' Honors a Holocaust Hero

Nicholas Winton helped save 669 Jewish children from the Holocaust. Beginning March 14, 1939, these children moved by train and ferry to Britain, where they were taken into foster homes.

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The operation is called the Kindertransport. Seventy years later, survivors and descendants of "Winton's Children" gathered to recreate the historic journey.

On Sept. 1, 2009, at exactly 9:01 a.m., the Winton Train, named in Sir Nicholas's honor, departed Prague's main rail station. Here is a brief glimpse at the moments leading up to their departure.

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