Shortly before Christmas 1938 , Winton was planning to travel to Switzerland for a skiing holiday . He decided instead to visit Prague and help Martin Blake , who was in Prague as an associate of the British Committee for Refugees from Czechoslovakia , then in the process of being occupied by Germany , and had called Winton to ask him to assist in Jewish welfare work . Winton established an organization to aid children from Jewish families at risk from the Nazis . He set up his office at a dining room table in his hotel in Wenceslas Square . In November 1938 , following '' Kristallnacht '' in Nazi-ruled Germany , the House of Commons approved a measure to allow the entry into Britain of refugees younger than 17 , provided they had a place to stay and a warranty of £ 50 was deposited for their eventual return to their own country
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Nicholas Winton