For 72 years, Lisa Gumpel kept a secret . “For a long time, I was determined not to tell anyone about it,” said Gumpel, 85 years old,  31  finally settled in Minnesota after the war and now lives in the Twin Cities.

She told people that she and her two sisters were among 669 Jewish children  32  (save) by a kind man to escape from the Nazi concentration camp in 1939. Their rescuer was  33  British businessman named Nicholas Winton, who also kept the story to  34  until his wife found a list of the children’s names.

Gumpel was shocked in 1988 when the  35  (true) about Winton’s one-man rescue operation finally came out. “Nobody knew that he actually did all  36  himself,” she said. “He worked so hard to save lives.”

Winton still doesn’t think that he’s a hero, arguing that his life was never  37  danger and that he was doing  38  he feels every person should do.

A party was held for him and the people he’d saved. Gumpel was  39  (excite) when she finally met him. “He still  40  (treat) us all like we’re his kids,” she said with a warm smile on the face.