Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
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...that l don´t think they nor l had time...
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...to think about what was happening.
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My mother prepared all our clothes.
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She lovingly embroidered our names...
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...on every piece of clothing,
even every handkerchief...

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...every sock...
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...everything.
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l think l took my teddy bear.
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My mother...
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...always slept on a little pillow
on top of her big pillow...

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...and l asked her
if l could take that with me.

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She said, ´´Sure. ´´
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Mother had new clothes made
for both of us.

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We had a dressmaker at home
who did all the sewing.

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And some clothes she bought.
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Otherwise, around my neck...
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...because we were baptized,
hoping that would be...

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...of some help...
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...I had a IittIe cross...
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...and I had a IittIe eIephant...
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...and I had a sort of....
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It wasn´t a Jewish star,
but it was a IittIe angeI.

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I put them aII together because I thought
the AImighty couId choose...

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...which reIigion
he wouId Iike me to beIong to.

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So sad the things I remember.
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l remember that last evening,
when all the cousins and all the aunts...

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...came to say good-bye.
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There was one aunt who had twins.
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She was extremely angry
with my parents...

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...for getting me onto this transport,
and for not having managed to get...

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...her twins onto the transport.
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There was grief and panic
and fury in that room.

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There was a moment...
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...that my father took me
between his knees...

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...and he said:
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"´Now, when you get to EngIand...
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"´...you must taIk to aII the EngIish peopIe
you meet and you have to ask them...


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