Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
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"´...that the British government,
the House of Commons...

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"´...had discussed the destiny
of Jews in Germany after...

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"´...aII this pubIicity...
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"´...and they are disgusted."´
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´´They came to the conclusion...
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´´...to accept children for a certain time.
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´´We have an office for the operations.
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"´See what you can do."´
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As the transports got underway
in Germany and Austria...

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...thousands of Sudetenland refugees
continued to flee to Prague.

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English stockbroker Nicholas Winton...
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...was summoned by a friend
to view the situation for himself.

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He toured refugee camps
with Doreen Warriner...

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...a representative of the British Committee
for Refugees from Czechoslovakia.

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We did have the feeIing
that the position was much more urgent...

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...than anybody in London thought.
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Doreen Warriner said, ´´l don´t know
what we will do about the children. ´´

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Almost spontaneously l said,
´´Well, when l get back to England...

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´´...l find that the Home Office
will allow them in...

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´´...we´ll try and get some of them
into England. ´´

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And when l went to the Home Office,
they said:

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´´Under certain conditions, you can bring in
as many children as you like. ´´

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We had to produce...
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...somebody who´d guarantee €50
against their re-immigration...

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...which is about €1,000 today.
It was quite a Iot of money.

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And then I had to find a famiIy
who´d take each individuaI chiId.

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lt certainly wasn´t easy,
but it wasn´t that difficult.

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lt´s easier to get somebody
to take a child than to take a grown-up.

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l tried to get America involved...
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...and wrote to a lot of the senators...
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...and got a Iot of answers
saying how concerned they were...


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