Bill Barazetti

EDM number 1124 in 1999-00, proposed by John Cryer on 06/11/2000.

That this House notes with great sadness the death of the 'British Schindler' Bill Barazetti; notes that along with his wife Anna, Mr Barazetti saved the lives of 669 Jewish children through the Kindertransport project in Czechoslovakia in 1939; further notes that both Mr and Mrs Barazetti showed immense courage and determination in resisting the Nazi menace; and calls on Her Majesty's Government also to recognise the Barazetti's valiant efforts both before the Second World War and subsequently in Mr Barazetti's case, when he made a significant contribution to the allied war effort as an agent of the Secret Service MI19.

This motion has been signed by a total of 67 MPs.