:18:01
...in order to instiII terror and obedience.
:18:08
They offered us my father´s ashes
in return for money...
:18:12
...and eventually the urn came.
:18:15
And we buried it in the Jewish cemetery.
:18:18
Of course, whether it was his ashes,
one never knows.
:18:22
We heard loud banging
on the door downstairs...
:18:26
...and so my aunt, my mother and l...
:18:28
...ran up into the attic.
:18:30
We were hiding
in an old wardrobe up there.
:18:35
And I do remember feeIing
as though I had spent my entire Iife...
:18:39
...in that wardrobe.
:18:41
And I aIso remember
whispering to my mother:
:18:44
"´I want to get out of here,
and not just out of this wardrobe...
:18:49
"´...I want to get out of Germany."´
:19:04
World revulsion was swift.
:19:06
Yet Britain was the only country
willing to relax its immigration controls.
:19:10
But only for children who would not
threaten British jobs or public funds.
:19:15
Days after the Nazi pogrom...
:19:18
...Anglo-Jewish leaders
met with Prime Minister Chamberlain ...
:19:21
...and urged him to let into the country
unaccompanied children...
:19:24
...Christian as well as Jewish...
:19:26
...up to the age of 1 7.
:19:29
Six days later,
Quakers joined Jewish leaders...
:19:32
...to present the government
a concrete rescue plan...
:19:35
...to be funded by refugee
and religious organizations.
:19:39
That night, the House of Commons
debated the issue...
:19:41
...and approved the plan.
:19:45
My youth leader said:
:19:47
´´Call Otto Hirsch.
:19:48
´´There is a job for you to be done. ´´
:19:51
So l went and saw him, and he said:
:19:54
"´I have a request.
:19:57
"´We have been informed...