For 72 years, Lisa Gumpel kept a secret. "For a long time, I decided not to tell anyone about it," said Gumpel, 85 years old, who finally settled (定居) in Minnesota the war and now lives in the Twin Cities.
She told people that she and her two sisters were among the 669 Jewish children (save) by a kind man to run away from the Nazi concentration Camp 1939. Their rescuer(营救者)was a British businessman named Nicholas Winton, who also kept the story to (he) until his wife found a list of the (children) names.
Gumpel was very surprised in 1988 when the truth about Winton's one-man rescue operation finally came out. " (someone) knew that he actually did all by himself," she said. "He (work) so hard to save lives."
Winton still doesn't think he's a hero, saying that his life was never danger and that he was doing what he feels every person should do.
A party was held for him and the people he had saved. Gumpel was (excite) when she finally met him. "He still treats us all like we're his kids," she said with a (warm) smile on the face.
