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真正的英雄:他在二战中拯救了669名儿童,却从未跟人提起

2017-08-16 16:21:43    中国日报网  参与评论()人

捷克总统米洛什·泽曼(Milos Zeman)给予了温顿这样的评价:

You gave these children the greatest possible gift: the chance to live and be free.

你给了这些孩子最好的礼物:生存的机会和自由。

You did not think of yourself as a hero but you were guided by a desire to help those who could not defend themselves, those who were vulnerable.

你没觉得自己是英雄,但是你却渴望去帮助那些不能保护自己的弱势人群。

Your life is an example of humanity, selflessness, personal courage and modesty.

你的人生是人性、无私、勇敢和谦逊的写照。

2015年的7月1日,尼古拉斯·温顿安详地走了,享年106岁。

真正的英雄:他在二战中拯救了669名儿童,却从未跟人提起

一期关于温顿先生的节目中,写过这样几句话,现在读来,依然有着震撼人心的力量:

It is estimated that 11 million people perished in the Holocaust. It is thought over 1 million were children. As the war drew to a close, the Nazis tried to destroy all evidence and witnesses.

据估计有1100万人在这次屠杀中丧生,他们中约有100万是儿童。在战争结束的关头,纳粹几乎销毁了所有的罪证。

These efforts, along with the sheer scale of the killings, means the exact number of victims will never be known.

他们这些做法和大规模的杀戮,意味着受害者的准确数字可能永远不会被世人知晓。

But there is one number we know for sure, we know that 669 children escaped on the special transports. Because of Winton's actions, there are nearly 6,000 people alive today.

但是,有一个数字我们是确切知道的,那就是有669个孩子在这次特殊的运送逃出。因为温顿的义举,如今有近6000人活在了这个世上。

真正的英雄:他在二战中拯救了669名儿童,却从未跟人提起

“只要不是完全不可能,就一定有办法。”

(来源:中国日报双语新闻编辑部)

 

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