New movie about Briton who saved Jewish children from Nazi death camps opens in Prague

RAGUE (AP) — A new film about a Briton who organized mass evacuations of children to help them avoid being sent to their deaths in Nazi concentration camps is having a world premiere in Prague, the Czech capital.

Sir Nicholas Winton arranged eight trains to carry 669 children, most of them Jewish, from Czechoslovakia through Germany to Britain at the outbreak of World War II in 1939.

Nicky's Family," a new documentary by Slovak director Matej Minac features details of the operation and about the rescued children.

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Winton, who is now 101, in Prague to attend the premiere Thursday.

Minac's previous film on the issue, "Nicholas Winton — The Power of Good" won an International Emmy Award in 2002.