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Remembering a man who dared to play the "lottery of life and death"

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I cannot adequately recap Sir Nicholas Winton’s remarkable life, and a short retelling does not do his lengthy life justice, but International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which was Friday, inspired me to revisit his amazing story — one of the most humane and remarkable stories I have ever encountered. His legacy of compassion and action during the very e…

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