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October 18, 2017

Remembering the Forgotten Czech Zionist Who Helped Save Hundreds of Jewish Children from Hitler

Marie Schmolka and the Kindertransport.

In December 1938, a British stockbroker of Jewish origins named Nicholas Winton devised a plan to bring Jewish children from Czechoslovakia to England; he succeeded in getting over 600 to safety. But the rescue might never have taken place without the efforts of local Jewish leaders in Prague, among them Marie Schmolka. Anna Hájková and Martin Šmok write:

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