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"Britain's Schindler" knighted in queen's honours list.
(From Agence France Presse)
A 93-year-old dubbed "Britain's Schindler" for saving hundreds of Jewish children from Nazi brutality was given a knighthood by Queen Elizabeth in her annual honours list which also includes dancer Sylvie Guillem and film director Ridley Scott.
In 1939, shortly before the outbreak of World War II, Nicholas Winton smuggled 669 Jewish youngsters to London by train out of Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.
Winton kept his extraordinary role a secret for nearly 50 years and hid his involvement in the affair even from his own family. He was dubbed "Britain's Schindler", after the German industrialist who saved 1,200 Jews under the Third Reich.
The French ballerina Sylvie Guillem, who joined the British Royal Ballet in 1989, receives an honorary CBE, the only one on the list. Downing Street described her on Friday as the most feted dancer in the world.
Ridley Scott, the British director of the hit films "Gladiator", Blade Runner" and "Thelma and Louise", was also knighted.
"As a boy growing up in South Shields, I could never have imagined that I would receive such a special recognition," he said.
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- Press release article from: M2 Presswire July 9, 2003 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Evening Standard (London, England) October 3, 2005 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Independent - London Louise Levene April 27, 1995 700+ words
I love this picture of you. You look cool, Parisian, ravishingly beautiful and not a bit like a ballerina. It encapsulates the 23-year- old Nureyev protege with the hennaed bob and difficult reputation. It's a cracking shot and if I had one as good of myself I, too, would have a 10 by 8 enlargement
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