\u00d6llum n\u00falifandi m\u00f6nnum er kunnugt um \u00f3tr\u00faleg illvirki, sem menn hafa frami\u00f0 gegnum t\u00ed\u00f0ina. \u00dear r\u00edsa kannski h\u00e6st gl\u00e6pir sem Nasistar \u00ed \u00de\u00fdskalandi dr\u00fdg\u00f0u, \u00feegar \u00feeir fr\u00f6mdu fj\u00f6ldamor\u00f0 \u00e1 Gy\u00f0ingum \u00ed s\u00ed\u00f0ari heimsstyrj\u00f6ldinni. Var \u00fe\u00e1 millj\u00f3num Gy\u00f0inga smala\u00f0 eins og b\u00fapeningi inn \u00ed gasklefa og \u00feeir drepnir \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 hafa anna\u00f0 til saka unni\u00f0 en a\u00f0 tilheyra kynstofni gy\u00f0inga. Kannski er mannskepnan grimmasta d\u00fdrategund jar\u00f0arinnar, \u00fev\u00ed h\u00fan fremur oft illvirki s\u00edn \u00ed \u00feeim eina tilgangi a\u00f0 sl\u00e1tra f\u00f3rnarl\u00f6mbunum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
En stundum ver\u00f0ur m\u00e1lum hins vegar svo h\u00e1tta\u00f0 a\u00f0 verstu illvirkin ala af s\u00e9r st\u00e6rstu hetjud\u00e1\u00f0irnar. Nicolas Winton var breskur ma\u00f0ur sem f\u00e6ddur var \u00e1 \u00e1rinu 1909. \u00c1 fyrstu \u00e1rum s\u00ed\u00f0ri heimstyrjaldarinnar t\u00f3k hann s\u00e9r fyrir hendur a\u00f0 bjarga gy\u00f0ingab\u00f6rnum sem bjuggu \u00ed T\u00e9kk\u00f3sl\u00f3vak\u00edu fr\u00e1 dr\u00e1psv\u00e9l \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0verja \u00e1\u00f0ur en \u00feeir r\u00e9\u00f0ust \u00fear inn og sl\u00e1tru\u00f0u Gy\u00f0ingum sem \u00fear bjuggu, jafnt fullor\u00f0num sem b\u00f6rnum. \u00deessi ma\u00f0ur kom 669 t\u00e9kkneskum b\u00f6rnum til Bretlands og kom \u00feeim \u00fear fyrir \u00ed f\u00f3stri hj\u00e1 breskum fj\u00f6lskyldum. Liggur lj\u00f3st fyrir a\u00f0 me\u00f0 \u00feessum h\u00e6tti bjarga\u00f0i hann l\u00edfi \u00feessara barna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00deessi einstaki ma\u00f0ur l\u00e9t ekki h\u00e1tt um verk s\u00edn. Var\u00f0 almenningi ekki kunnugt um verk hans fyrr en \u00e1 9. \u00e1ratug 20. aldarinnar. \u00de\u00e1 kom \u00ed lj\u00f3s a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00fasundir manna \u00e1ttu honum l\u00edf a\u00f0 launa, b\u00e6\u00f0i \u00feeir sem hann haf\u00f0i bjarga\u00f0 og svo einnig afkomendur \u00feeirra. Hlaut hann \u00fe\u00e1 ver\u00f0uga vi\u00f0urkenningu fyrir hetjud\u00e1\u00f0ir s\u00ednar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
L\u00edfshlaup Nicolas Winton \u00e6tti a\u00f0 vera okkur \u00e6varandi \u00e1minning um a\u00f0 l\u00e1ta okkur var\u00f0a misgj\u00f6r\u00f0ir, sem einatt eru framdar \u00e1 mannf\u00f3lkinu kringum okkur. \u00cd \u00feeim efnum getur framtak einstaklinga skipt m\u00e1li og jafnvel or\u00f0i\u00f0 \u00feeim til bjargar sem \u00f3r\u00e9tti eru beittir. Vi\u00f0 \u00e6ttum \u00fev\u00ed ekki a\u00f0 lei\u00f0a alltaf hj\u00e1 okkur l\u00f6gbrot og a\u00f0rar misgj\u00f6r\u00f0ir \u00e1 r\u00e9ttindum annarra, eins og svo margir gera. L\u00edfsferill Nicolas Winton \u00e6tti a\u00f0 vera okkur hvatning til g\u00f3\u00f0ra verka gagnvart \u00f6\u00f0ru f\u00f3lki \u00ed sta\u00f0 \u00feess a\u00f0 \u00feegja \u00feunnu hlj\u00f3\u00f0i, \u00feegar vi\u00f0 ver\u00f0um v\u00f6r vi\u00f0 misgj\u00f6r\u00f0ir gagnvart \u00fev\u00ed, \u00fe\u00f3 a\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e6r jafnist sem betur fer ekki \u00e1 vi\u00f0 misgj\u00f6r\u00f0ir \u00dej\u00f3\u00f0verja \u00ed str\u00ed\u00f0inu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nicolas Winton n\u00e1\u00f0i h\u00e1um aldri og var\u00f0 106 \u00e1ra. Hann f\u00e9ll fr\u00e1 \u00e1 \u00e1rinu 2009.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
J\u00f3n Steinar Gunnlaugsson l\u00f6gfr\u00e6\u00f0ingur<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00d6llum n\u00falifandi m\u00f6nnum er kunnugt um \u00f3tr\u00faleg illvirki, sem menn hafa frami\u00f0 gegnum t\u00ed\u00f0ina. \u00dear r\u00edsa kannski h\u00e6st gl\u00e6pir sem Nasistar \u00ed \u00de\u00fdskalandi dr\u00fdg\u00f0u, \u00feegar \u00feeir fr\u00f6mdu fj\u00f6ldamor\u00f0 \u00e1 Gy\u00f0ingum \u00ed s\u00ed\u00f0ari heimsstyrj\u00f6ldinni. Var \u00fe\u00e1 millj\u00f3num Gy\u00f0inga smala\u00f0 eins og b\u00fapeningi inn \u00ed gasklefa og \u00feeir drepnir \u00e1n \u00feess a\u00f0 hafa anna\u00f0 til saka unni\u00f0 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonsteinar.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonsteinar.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonsteinar.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonsteinar.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonsteinar.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=896"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jonsteinar.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":897,"href":"https:\/\/jonsteinar.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/896\/revisions\/897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonsteinar.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonsteinar.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonsteinar.is\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}