Sir Nicholas ' kindertransport efforts remained largely unrecognised until 1988 , when they came to public attention after his wife found a scrapbook in their attic documenting the details . Only then did the individuals whom Winton arranged to have transported to safety as children learn the story of how they survived the Holocaust . As the majority of ' Winton 's Children ' ( as they came to be known ) were Jewish , it is believed this saved them from certain death had they stayed in Czechoslovakia . As of 2009 , the direct descendants of Winton 's Children numbered over 5000 people
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