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PRAGUE (JTA) - A 105-year-old man known as the "British Oskar Schindler" - having saved hundreds of Jewish children from the Nazis - received the Czech Republic's highest honor on Oct. 28. Sir Nicholas Winton was flown on a Czech military plane to Prague, where Czech President Miloš Zeman awarded him the Order of the White Lion. Seven of the 669 children he rescued were present at Tuesday's ceremony, which coincided with the Czechoslovak Independence Day. "I want to thank you all for this tremen...
PRAGUE—When the applause faded, the 32 young actors remained on stage in silence. Some of them hugged. They looked at each other, their faces filled with amazement and disbelief—the circle was complete. The Philadelphia-based troupe had brought the words of Terezín’s children back to where they came from. They had just given the first performance of “I Never Saw Another Butterfly” at the former concentration camp where the characters they portrayed had been held captive during the Holocaust. “This is where the kids that we are commemoratin...
