Sir Nicholas George Winton, MBE, (born 19 May 1909) is a British humanitarian who organized the rescue of 669 mostly Jewish children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World War in an operation later known as the Czech Kindertransport. Winton found homes for them and arranged for their safe passage to Britain. The UK press has dubbed him the "British Schindler". Many of the individuals he freed later migrated to our Country and became US Citizens and have done great things. We The People, petition President Obama to award him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in spirit of and in accordance with Executive Order 11085 which states "...The award is not limited to U.S. citizens and..."
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