Thanks to Steven Spielberg the name of Oskar Schindler is known the world over, but this piece is about an almost forgotten contemporary of Schindler, who deserves a similar place in history.

By Nick Carey for Radio Praha

In the course of the tumultuous 20th century, Premysl Pitter, born in Prague in 1895, did more than perhaps anyone else to help children - Czech, German and Jewish - through some of the most horrific moments of European history.