A new film honouring the lifesaving work of Nicholas Winton
This week saw a very special occasion as I walked the red carpet at London’s Royal Festival Hall and attended the European premiere of the British film “One Life”. The film tells the story of Nicholas Winton who, in 1939, saved the lives of 669 Jewish children by organising kindertransport from Czechoslovakia.I attended the event with my remarkable friend Gerda Svarny who was one of those children and who is now aged 95. I will be telling Gerda’s story in my next book.
Also at the screening was another of the children of the Kindertransport, Labour peer Alf Dubs, with whom I renewed an old acquaintance. In all, there were 11 surviving members of the 669 plus at least a hundred relatives of those whom Winton saved.
“One Life” is being shown this week as part of the 2023 London Film Festival and will go on general release in January 2024.