How Did Nicholas Deserve The Hero Of The Holocaust?

After the war finished, Nicholas's name and reputation remained essentially unrecognizable, even despite the number of people he rescued. In the year 1988, after nearly 40 years, Grete Winton, Nicholas’s wife, found a scrapbook from 1939, during the evacuations, that was hidden in the attic. This scrapbook with full of all the children's photos and a complete list of names who was rescued by Nicholas’s organization and funds. Through the surfacing of the scrapbook, Nicholas’s story became viral and he earned the recognition and appreciation he truly deserved. He has earned numerous awards and honors. He received a letter of gratitude from Ezer Weizman, the president of the State of Israel. In 1993, Nicholas was awarded with the Member of the
In 2009, a statue was unveiled in Prague Main railroad station to mark the 70th anniversary of his rescues. In 2010, Nicholas was named a British Hero of the Holocaust by the British Government. In 2014, he received the highest civilian honor in the Czech Republic, the Order of the White Lion (Howard, 2014). In February 2015, he was also awarded the Freedom of the City of London. He was nominated for the Noble Peace Prize, but sadly, never won. The children he saved, who are now grandparents, still think of themselves as “Winton’s children”. They owe their lives to him and his rescue efforts. On July 1st, 2015, Nicholas Winton passed away at 106 years old from cardio-respiratory failure. When the news of his death was announced, hearts broke all around the world (Berkshire,
Studies show that Nicholas’s plan to evacuate the children from Czech to England for an indefinite amount of time was a very risky decision for the future of the child’s mental health. A study that focused on the Great Britain evacuation in 1939 was conducted by Diane Foster, Stephen Davies and Howard Steele, three professors at University of London, who investigated the psychological effects people who were children during the operation pier piper. This was the large evacuation that led thousands of children and families out of the large cities of England into more rural places to avoid the risk of being bombed. This study assessed 870 volunteers between the ages of 62-72 who might have possible longterm mental health effects due to the evacuation as a child. The result varied depending on the age and housing of the living there during the evacuation. Those who were 4-6 years old, or who received bad housing were found to have a higher risk of depression and anxiety, followed with less self esteem and confidence. Those who were 13-15 at the time or received good foster care had significantly less affective disorders. They came to the conclusion that the quality of the housing played a big role in determining the longterm psychological effects. The conclusion they arrived at was the