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When Nicholas Winton, the British rescuer of Jews, was rebuffed by the U.S.

Nicholas Winton at a London event honoring him in September 2009. (Peter Maciarmid/Getty Images)

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Last week’s passing of Nicholas Winton, the London stockbroker who rescued more than 600 Jewish children from the Nazis on the eve of World War II, has drawn attention to the phenomenon of ordinary individuals who risked their lives to save Jews from the Holocaust. Winton‘s… Read more »