| 19384 Winton | Discovered 1998 Feb. 6 by J. Ticha and M. Tichy at Klet. |
| Nicholas Winton (b. 1909), a British stockbroker, managed to save more than 600 Czech Jewish children from occupied Czechoslovakia by bringing them to Great Britain in 1938-1939. This is a great example of resistance and courage in the atmosphere of a totalitarian regime. |
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| Reference: 20010705/MPCPages.arc | Last Updated: 2009-05-11 |
