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Sir Nicholas Winton’s daughter insisted One Life would only go ahead if Anthony Hopkins was cast, says director

Barbara Winton also gave the screenwriting team access to Sir Nicholas's archives and letters

By Richard Percival

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Anthony Hopkins plays Nicholas Winton in the eagerly awaited Second World War drama

New start: Kindertransport children arriving in Britain in 1938

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This is what really happened to the children of the Kindertransport

By Robert Philpot

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Kindertransport remembered at Vienna ceremony marking 85th anniversary

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Kindertransport remembered at Vienna ceremony marking 85th anniversary

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TOPSHOT - Britain's King Charles III visits the Kindertransport - The Final Parting Memorial at the Dammtor railway station in Hamburg, northern Germany on March 31, 2023. - Britain's Royal Couple is on a three-day tour in Germany for Charles' first state visit as king, with the trip billed as "an important European gesture" to maintain strong ties after Brexit. (Photo by Ronny HARTMANN / AFP) (Photo by RONNY HARTMANN/AFP via Getty Images)

Andrea Hammel

By Andrea Hammel

The Kindertransport changed so many lives, but it had its failings

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King Charles marks 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht by meeting Kindertransport refugees

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King Charles marks 85th anniversary of Kristallnacht by meeting Kindertransport refugees

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Kindertransport refugees retrace historic journey from Germany to UK

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Kindertransport refugees retrace historic journey from Germany to UK

By Daniel Ben-David

2 min read

Celebrating the Kindertransport refugee who dressed Britain's Jewish brides

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Celebrating the Kindertransport refugee who dressed Britain's Jewish brides

By Hilary Freeman

5 min read

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First trailer of Anthony Hopkins as Nicholas Winton released

Anthony Hopkins stars as the British stockbroker who rescued dozens of children from the Holocaust

By Eliana Jordan

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September 11, 2023 11:35

First trailer of Anthony Hopkins as Nicholas Winton released

'I'm a Celebrity' castle where 200 Kindertransport children found refuge saved from collapse

Gwrych Castle, in north Wales, housed child refugees between 1939 and 1941

By Richard Percival

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August 7, 2023 14:04

'I'm a Celebrity' castle where 200 Kindertransport children found refuge saved from collapse

Dame Esther Rantzen: 'Nicolas Winton film moved me to tears'

The television presenter first brought the Jewish stockbroker's heroism to light in a BBC programme

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July 28, 2023 14:09

Dame Esther Rantzen: 'Nicolas Winton film moved me to tears'

Meet the 200 Kindertransport children who found refuge in a Welsh castle

Andrew Hesketh’s new book tells the story of the children who played an important role in Zionist history

By Andrew Hesketh

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July 28, 2023 09:08

Meet the 200 Kindertransport children who found refuge in a Welsh castle

First pictures of Nicholas Winton film with Anthony Hopkins as 'British Schindler'

The movie will tell the story leading up to his emotional reunion with children he save from Nazis

By Nicole Lampert

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July 24, 2023 17:54

First pictures of Nicholas Winton film with Anthony Hopkins as 'British Schindler'

Meet the Kindertransport refugee who fled the Nazis and turbo-charged mankind’s journey into outer space

Ben Abeles co-invented a thermoelectric generator used to power Nasa's Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 missions

By Daniel Ben-David

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June 15, 2023 11:01

Meet the Kindertransport refugee who fled the Nazis and turbo-charged mankind’s journey into outer space

Ruth Anderson

By Ruth Anderson

Let’s all celebrate the mensch that is Alf Dubs

The Labour peer has done so much for so many, and is still going strong as he turns 90

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June 1, 2023 12:24

Let’s all celebrate the mensch that is Alf Dubs

The Kindertransport refugee who is still writing books at 94

Her advancing years haven’t slowed down Lore Segal’s urge to fictionalise life. The Other People’s Houses author reveals why she still writes

By Jennifer Lipman

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March 9, 2023 18:38

The Kindertransport refugee who is still writing books at 94

BBC series tells the story of Tyneside’s Holocaust refugee house for girls

In a story never told before: Up to two dozen Jewish girls were supported by Tyneside's Jewish community in the lead-up to the outbreak of the Second World War

By Daniel Ben-David

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February 17, 2023 15:48

BBC series tells the story of Tyneside’s Holocaust refugee house for girls

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