Hanna Slome, a 99-year-old Holocaust survivor in Queens, reveals her life-changing experience of being rescued by Sir Nicholas Winton during the Holocaust, depicted in the film "One Life" with Anthony Hopkins.

This piece tells the story of how the author, born into a Christian family, discovered and eventually reclaimed their Jewish roots.

Sir Nicholas Winton, a British hero, saved nearly 700 Czech and Slovak Jewish children before World War II, a story captured in the documentary "Nickys Family."