He Saved 669 Children From Nazis — A New Book Tells His Story To Kids

Vera Gissing, shown above at age 6, was one of 669 children from Praque that Nicholas Winton helped save in the lead up to World War II.

In Nicky & Vera, Peter Sís chronicles the work of Nicholas Winton, who helped hundreds of kids escape Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia in 1938.

(Image credit: Courtesy family of Vera Gissing)

In Nicky & Vera, Peter Sís chronicles the work of Nicholas Winton, who helped hundreds of kids escape Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia in 1938.