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Ralph Hauenstein
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Ralph Hauenstein

🇺🇸 United States
c. 1913 – 2016 (103 years old)

Ralph Hauenstein was an American philanthropist, army officer and business leader, best known as a newspaper editor. Celebrated internationally for distinguished contributions to humanitarian.

Washington, D.C., United States
Sir Nicholas George Winton
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Sir Nicholas George Winton

Nicholas George Wertheim
🇬🇧 Great Britain
19 May 1909 – 1 July 2015 (106 years old)

Sir Nicholas Winton was a British stockbroker and humanitarian who organized the rescue of 669 predominantly Jewish children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of World War II. Operating the Czech Kindertransport, he secured foster families in Britain and forged transit permits, keeping his heroic rescue a complete secret for fifty years until his wife discovered his notebook in their attic.

Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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