On the platform at the main station in Prague you will find the statue of an Englishman. His name is Sir Nicholas Winton and he's famous for organising the evacuation of 669 Jewish children from Prague only six weeks from the occupation by the Nazis of Czechoslovakia. Interestingly there's a connection with Maidenhead (just up the road from where I live) as in later life Winton lived and died nearby the town, there's another statue of him on the platform at Maidenhead, I snapped a picture as I went by on my way to London the other day (see below)
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