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Square near Liverpool Street Station to be renamed after man who helped save Jewish kids from Nazis

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Published date08 April 2024
Publication titleMyLondon (England)
He had visited Prague in 1938 to see the camps set up after the area became overwhelmed with refugees fleeing the German invasion. He subsequently asked the British Government to relax immigration laws and allow some Czech children to enter the UK. This was agreed, on the proviso each child was matched to a host family, and had £50

Sir Nicholas Winton and a group of volunteers, including his mother, arranged for 669 children to relocate to the country over the next few months, finding host families and raising funds to pay for their travel.

In recognition of these efforts, the City of London Corporation is proposing a section of Liverpool Street, a square next to Liverpool Street Station, which is where the children would have journeyed into, be renamed the Sir Nicholas Winton Square. The Sir Nicholas Winton Memorial Trust, established in 2018 to store documents and other memorabilia, has spoken positively about the plans.

Laurence Winton, the grandson of Sir Nicholas Winton and a trustee of the group, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service LDRS: "We are truly grateful for this initiative, which will serve as a lasting tribute to Sir Nicholas Winton's humanitarian efforts.

"We believe that a...

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