Aged eight, Thomas Graumann excitedly boarded a train in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to embark on what he believed was a three-month holiday. 'Go to Britain, learn English, and when the Germans leave, you can come home again, ’ his mother assured him. Thomas carried two suitcases and a bag of food. At the time he knew his country had been taken over by the Germans and now was under Nazi control.
That was the last he would see of his mother and most of his Jewish family, who died in concentration camps. He had also never heard of Nicholas Winton, the hero who saved 669 children (Thomas was one of the last, #652), transporting them from Czechoslovakia to the UK to save their lives. This was Thomas’ first rescue, aboard what became known as the Kindertransport.
His second came a year later when an evangelist from the Scottish village he was taken to for safety shared the good news of Jesus Christ with him. Saying a prayer on bent knee, Thomas’ soul was rescued, and he soon dedicated himself to missionary service, which he fulfilled as an adult in the Philippines, eventually moving to the U.S.
But his missionary zeal returned after the fall of Communism – and the return of his grandmother’s property to his family. Both actions ushered in a way for him to return to the Czech Republic. The former rescued child was now free to travel throughout his homeland, speaking in schools of how he was rescued… not once, but twice.
Spis treści
Note to the reader xiii
Introduction xv
1 Czechoslovakia: August 1939 1
2 Scotland: August 1939 16
3 My second rescue: 1940 24
4 After the Second World War: 1945-1948 35
5 Preparing to be a missionary: 1948-1953 40
6 Glasgow and Liverpool: 1954 50
7 Central Language School: 1955 58
8 Mindoro: 1957 65
9 Villages of the rainforest: 1959-1961 73
10 Caroline: 1961 84
11 A promise of a family: 1962-1966 89
12 Welcoming children: 1966-1967 99
13 Home: 1970-1976 107
14 A visit to the Philippines and Australia: 1990 117
15 A letter from Cousin Honza: 1990-1993 122
16 Education for Democracy: 1993-1994 133
17 Teaching English: 1994-2003 139
18 Nicholas Winton and the power of good: 1997-2002 147
19 EXIT Tour: 2008-2009 152
20 Winton Children: 2014-2016 159
Epilogue: 2016-2018 163
Notes from Tricia Goyer and Paul Graumann 165
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Aged eight, Thomas Graumann excitedly boarded a train in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to embark on what he believed was a three-month holiday. “Go to Britain, learn English, and when the Germans leave, you can come home again, ” his mother assured him. Thomas carried two suitcases and a bag of food. At the time he knew his country had been taken over by the Germans and now was under Nazi control. That was the last he would see of his mother and most of his Jewish family, who died in concentration camps. He had also never heard of Nicholas Winton, the hero who saved 669 children (Thomas was one of the last, #652), transporting them from Czechoslovakia to the UK to save their lives. This was Thomas’ first rescue, aboard what became known as the Kindertransport.His second came a year later when an evangelist from the Scottish village he was taken to for safety shared the good news of Jesus Christ with him. Saying a prayer on bent knee, Thomas’ soul was rescued, and he soon dedicated himself to missionary service, which he fulfilled as an adult in the Philippines, eventually moving to the U.S.But his missionary zeal returned after the fall of Communism—and the return of his grandmother’s property to his family. Both actions ushered in a way for him to return to the Czech Republic. The former rescued child was now free to travel throughout his homeland, speaking in schools of how he was rescued … not once, but twice.
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