The story of Ostrava and its Jews mirrors
Tom Stoppard depicts the life of a prosperous Jewish family who had fled the pogroms in the East
family history and an untold story of the Jews of the Austro-Hungarian Empire
there is something that continues to survive in the retelling
found that they had the new and exhilarating opportunity to give expression to their physical talents and energy
Nicholas Winton and the Rescued Generation Memoir The story of Ostrava andMuriel Emanuel and Vera Gissing detail on Nicholas Winton, a remarkable humanitarian all his life, whose efforts resulted in eight trainloads bringing 669, mainly Jewish, children to London. For half a century, these children, who are now dispersed and in their seventies, were unaware of the person to whom they owed their lives. To Winton, it was just a job.