Het idee werd gelanceerd om het Centraal station van Praag te hernoemen naar Sir Nicholas Winton (de Britse “Schindler”), die onlangs op 106 jarige leeftijd overleed. Uiteraard moet zijn familie hiervoor de goedkeuring geven aan de Tsjechische regering.
Het Forum der Joodse Organisaties steunt dit initiatief en zal zich actief inzetten om dit voorstel te helpen concretiseren.
Hierbij het artikel gepubliceerd op 8/7/2015 in The Jewish Chronicle:
“Proposal to rename Prague station after Sir Nicholas Winton” – The JC.com
Prague’s main railway station could be named after Sir Nicholas Winton, the “British Schindler” who saved the lives of 669 Jewish Czech children from the Nazis during the Second World War.
Sir Nicholas died aged 106 last week. He was responsible for rescuing the children before they were sent to concentration camps.
The idea of renaming the station came from Prague mayoral candidate Jan Cizinsky who presented it to the Czech government.
He said: “First we need to talk to the family and to discuss the issue with them. Their decision is the main one.”
The station is currently called President Wilson’s station after former US president Woodrow Wilson and was previously called Franz Joseph station after the emperor of Austria.
Sir Nicholas was knighted in 2003, and in October last year he received the Order of the White Lion– the highest Czech state honour – from the country’s president in a ceremony at Prague Castle.
http://www.thejc.com/news/world-news/139144/proposal-rename-prague-station-after-sir-nicholas-winton
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