Lady Milena was one of 669 Jewish children who were evacuated from Czechoslovakia just before the outbreak of WW2 in 1939.
Nicholas Winton, a British businessman, when approached for help to rescue the children organised lists, negotiated with the English government to grant them entry, prepared travel documents, found foster parents for them and arranged transport by train and ferry.
Nothing was known about this venture until the late 1980s when his wife found the scrapbook in the attic and it was publicised on a TV programme when Nicholas was reunited with some of the children.
Lady Milena showed a very moving film of the event narrated by Joe Slesinger, one of the evacuees, and answered questions about her experiences both on the train and her life at the Czech boarding school in Wales.
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