Session #110 · 2007–09

Speech #1100096165

Mr. Winton conceived of an idea. Upon his return to Great Britain. he organized volunteers to collect names of children whose parents were desperate to get them beyond the reach of the Nazi Government. Mr. Winton then identified foster homes for those refugee children in Britain and in Sweden. He raised money to fund their transportation and to pay fees imposed by the government to cover the costs of future repatriation. Mr. Speaker. on March 14. 1939. the first 20 children of this venture left Prague. The very next day the Nazi Army overran the remainder of unoccupied Czechoslovakia. Mr.
Keywords matched
refugee

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
95%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
ENI FALEOMAVAEGA
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
AS
Gender
M
Date
2007-09-19
Speech ID
1100096165
Paragraph
#1
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