Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
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...and aII the reasons
why they couIdn´t do anything.

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ln the United States...
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...a congressional bill
to admit 20,000 child refugees...

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...died in committee.
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One of the arguments against the bill...
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...was that accepting children
without their parents...

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...was contrary to the laws of God.
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My father said:
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´´Mommy and l cannot leave,
but you´re going to leave. ´´

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I said, "´What do you mean,
I´m going to Ieave?"´

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"´You´re going to EngIand,"´ he said.
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"´When?"´
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"´Thursday,"´ he said.
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I knew...
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...that she ought to go...
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...that I ought to send her away...
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...but I couIdn´t imagine
giving permission for her to go.

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My husband said, "´She must go."´
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He didn´t Iisten to me.
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He just arranged everything for her.
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And l had to give in, and l saw in the end...
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...that he was right.
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But the hurt is unbeIievabIe.
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That cannot be described.
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My father died when l was 3 years old.
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My mother had to go out to work...
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...so l wound up in the orphanage.
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When Polish Jews were arrested
all over Germany...

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...I´d found out
that my mother was deported.

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I was on my own.
I had nobody, no one, nothing.


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