#rescuers — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #rescuers, aggregated by home.social.
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Monday, July 20, 2026
How Russia downed a passenger plane and escaped justice . . . . . Oil depot, logistics center reportedly struck in Moscow Oblast as Ukraine launches hundreds of drones towards Russian capital . . . . . Ukraine's drone commander says Kerch Strait ferry capacity reduced by 75% . . . . . and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/07/monday-july-20-2026/
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Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Ukraine will unite with Europe's security system or some of Europe will become part of Russia -- Ukrainian forces withdraw from villages in eastern Sumy Oblast amid heavy fighting -- Investigation: Western companies miss deadline to exit Russia’s main drone production site -- Magyar rejects calls for Ukraine to cede territory, invokes Hungary's 1956 resistance ... and morehttps://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/04/tuesday-april-14-2026/
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One Life
#SirNicholasWinton helped rescue 669 children, mostly Jewish, whose families had fled persecution by Nazi Germany. On a brief visit to Czechoslovakia, he helped compile a list of children in danger + returning to Britain, he worked to fulfill legal + monetary requirements for bringing the children to Britain thus enabling the #CzechKindertransport. Winton acknowledges the vital roles of those who remained in Prague, like #TrevorChadwick, who "dealt with all the considerable problems at the Prague end + this work he continued to carry on even when it became difficult + dangerous when the Germans arrived.". The 9th + largest transport of 250 children was stopped at the last minute, canceled because Germany invaded Poland on September 1, 1939. Those children were removed from the train + returned to their families.
Winton kept his humanitarian accomplishments to himself until 1988 when his wife found his detailed scrapbook in their attic. The book was given to #ElisabethMaxwell, a Holocaust researcher who was able to locate many of #Wintonschildren. He was invited to the TV program #ThatsLife!, where host #EstherRantzen reunited him with some of those he had helped, as well as their families. Winton was knighted in 2003 + in 2025 a #film of his story was released starring #AnthonyHopkins #JohnnyFlynn + #HelenaBonhamCarter titled #OneLife - a reference to a line from the Talmud: "Whoever saves one life saves the world entire"#nicholaswinton #holocaust #wwii #refugees #rescuers #wwiihistory #humanitarian #filmworld #cinema #kino #movies #jewishhistory #kindertransport
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Saturday, May 10, 2025
Russian regime’s legitimacy rests on the manipulation of history — Western leaders to visit Kyiv in show of support for Ukraine amid Putin’s sham truce — 5 things Putin conveniently left out of his Victory Day speech in Moscow — Russian glide bomb attacks on Sumy Oblast despite ceasefire … and more
https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/05/saturday-may-10-2025/