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Last update - 16:00 02/02/2008 'British Oskar Schindler' in running for Nobel Peace Prize By Haaretz Service and Agencies Tags: Nicholas Winton, Czech Jewry  A British man who saved hundreds of Jewish children from Czechoslovakia from the Nazi concentration camps in the Holocaust, has been nominated for the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize. Sir Nicholas Winton, dubbed by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair as "the British Oskar Schindler," was a young stockbroker when he pressed the London authorities into agreeing to take in the children if he could find homes for them. And he did. Advertisement The 669 youngsters were sent to foster parents - mostly in England, a small number in Sweden. In all, eight trainloads carried the mostly Jewish children from Prague through Hitler's Germany to Britain. Winton had kept his heroic deed to himself for half a century. His pivotal role in the rescue operation was revealed in the late 1980s after his wife found a scrapbook documenting his work in their attic. In October 2007, 98-year-old Winton was awarded the Cross of Merit of the 1st class by Czech Defense Minister Vlasta Parkanova for saving the children. At the ceremony, Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg said that the Czech diplomacy decided to back schoolchildren who had collected more than 32,000 signatures in their bid to nominate Winton for the Nobel Peace Prize. He was awarded another top Czech decoration, the Tomas Garrigue Masaryk Order, in 1998. Previous Peace Prize laureates include former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin and President Shimon Peres for their efforts to reach a peace deal with the Palestinians; former prime minister Menachem Begin and former Egyptian president Anwar Sadat for making peace; and Jewish author and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel. More Jewish World news and features Related links: The Nobel Prize Web site Czechs honor Briton who saved Jewish children from Nazis Briton who saved Czech-Jewish children in WWII leaves hospital Bookmark to del.icio.us   The Chancellor's visit Angela Merkel arrives in Israel to 'open new chapter' in bilateral ties. London paying Netanyahu says PR trip to U.K. wasn't funded by Israeli taxpayer.   1.   Good for him. Well done. 17:44  |  Michael 02/02/08   2.   Eurabians wont give a Nobel Prize for saving Jews-forgetaboutit 18:51  |  Alan 02/02/08   3.   Some news, are better, this is great..! 20:58  |  Stephen. 02/02/08   4.   It`s never to late to pay tribute to a saviour 21:14  |  Aldo Nasjleti 02/02/08   5.   Winton for Nobel 21:39  |  Joan Stuchner 02/02/08   6.   winton 21:40  |  david 02/02/08   7.   A noble man: a righteous gentile 23:08  |  Ray 02/02/08   8.   # 4 Aldo, Kudos for you too! 23:18  |  dan 02/02/08   9.   Thank you 23:45  |  Danite 02/02/08   10.   #4 Why don`t you know about Polish Irena Sendler? 23:58  |  Pole 02/02/08   11.   Winton, an unlikely hero 00:23  |  Sam 03/02/08   12.   Pole 01:21  |  sWeis Melbourne 03/02/08   13.   10 01:57  |  david 03/02/08   14.   Since it is not unusual for the Nobel committee to honor more 01:57  |  common sense 03/02/08   15.   May God bless him and all his family 03:10  |  Free Gilad Shalit 03/02/08   16.   Sir Winton 03:59  |  Moshe 03/02/08   17.   modest man 04:22  |  ron 03/02/08   18.   Everyone who sacrificed himself save others must be honored 05:41  |  The Archives 03/02/08   19.   the few will defeat the many 06:52  |  Cipora Julianna Kohn 03/02/08   20.   to #10 07:06  |  Abigail 03/02/08   21.   To # 13 david 14:58  |  as 03/02/08   22.   Righteous, Sir Winton. 17:21  |  Petra 03/02/08   23.   #11 Check book, "The Secret War On The Jews" John Loftus 17:27  |  Petra 03/02/08   24.   I`m beginning to wonder about this Nobel Prize 20:27  |  hollingsworth 03/02/08   25.   Holling thinks he`s worthy: but he isn`t 22:36  |  miki 03/02/08   26.   to 13 about Irena Sendler 03:24  |  Abigail 04/02/08   27.   Schindler`s profit 01:59  |  Daouud 17/03/08

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