Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
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´´...terrible things will happen. ´´
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I kept on Iooking at her, and I said,
"´Don´t cry. You won´t cry."´ And she didn´t.

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l got to the station,
which was crowded with people.

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All the children had parents with them...
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...and I was sitting there aII by myseIf.
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I had no parents. Nobody.
I was just there with a suitcase.

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There was nobody´s shoulder
l could cry on.

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All l knew was l was going away.
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I was going to EngIand.
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Whatever wouId happen wouId happen.
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Every day my father said:
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´´Pupela, l don´t want you to go.
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´´But l want you to go
because it´ll be good for you. ´´

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The day came and we went.
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My mother and dad
went with me inside the train...

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...and put my suitcase up.
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My seat was right at the window.
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The German trains
had great big windows...

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...and my father pulled that
all the way down...

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...so l could be leaning out of the window.
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He hugged and kissed me.
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I couId see my father´s face getting...
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...whiter and whiter.
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l thought, ´´l only hope nothing
is going to happen to him. ´´

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He looked so terribly, terribly pale.
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My poor mother
was getting worse and worse.

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l couldn´t wait for the train to go because...
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...l didn´t want to remember that.
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The guy came...
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...and he waved the signal.
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When the train started to go...
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...my father says, "´PupeIa!
Let me hoId your hands! "´

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And I heId my hands and said,
"´I have to Iet go! I have to Iet go! "´

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"´No! I don´t want you to go!
I don´t want you to go! "´

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And we were aIready....
My father couIdn´t waIk very fast...

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...because he waIked with a cane.
We went a IittIe bit more...

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...and he took me by my hands...
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...and he puIIed me out of the window.

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