The Power Of Good Nicholas Winton Analysis

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The Power of Good: Nicholas Winton is a documentary that talks about the courageous yet dangerous mission that Nicholas Winton had accomplished before and during World War II. Nicholas Winton was a London stockbroker who was assigned to help thousands of refugees in Prague. With the Germans annexing a large part of Czechoslovakia, it was inevitable that the entire country would be taken which would leave many civilians to suffer. Winton setted up a rescue operation in order to evacuate hundreds of children. In the end after organizing many strategic plans, over six hundred children were safely transported to other countries. Winton became an unforgotten hero after a scrapbook was discovered that detailed the missions. In my opinion, there is no other person that could replicate what Nicholas Winton had done to all the lives of the children in Czechoslovakia. He is a true hero who devoted all his time and effort by organizing this mass evacuation with the risk of being caught by the Nazis. It is also respectable that some of the countries were able to take …show more content…

I thought this incident was very tragic and it is sickening that the Germans did such cruel things to innocent people. Winton did the best he could do even though he felt so much weight on him when the last group of children did not make it through. His feat was forgotten after World War II, but later resurfaced when his wife discovered his scrapbook several years after. Although it is not right to easily forget a hero, he was given the credit that he deserved with many important figures around the world acknowledging his past accomplishments. Even though the children who grew up to be grandparents were scared during their past, they owe it to Winton for providing a better future in a life filled with

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