Rotarian Sir Nicholas Winton, former President and member of the Rotary Club of Maidenhead, flies to Prague today to receive the Order of The White Lion, the Czech Republic’s highest honour.
Sir Nicholas, who is 105, will receive the honour from Czech President Milos Zeman at a special ceremony at Prague Castle.
Better known as the British Oskar Schindler, Sir Nicholas Winton saved 669 Czech Jewish children from the Nazi Holocaust by using his powers as a diplomat to organise their transport to the UK before the Second World War.
A Rotarian for more than 40 years, Sir Nicholas was last year inducted into the Rotarian Peace Hall of Fame at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center.
He has also been nominated by the Czech Republic for the Nobel Peace Prize and in 2007 won that country’s highest military honour.
