:42:01
Everyone was cheering:
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"´Those damn Nazis!
They shouId drop dead! Now we are free! "´
:42:13
There was howling, yelling, shouting,
and singing.
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lt was the best party l´ve ever been at...
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...although l didn´t really understand
what was happening.
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I was hoIding a big girI around the waist,
and she was hoIding me.
:42:27
They knew the songs they were singing.
:42:30
They were probabIy Zionist songs...
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...but I sang aIong
because it was so much fun...
:42:36
...to be part of this party.
:42:39
Not only were the frontier guards
on the Dutch side very nice...
:42:45
...they had a contingent...
:42:47
...of ladies who brought us cocoa...
:42:49
...and Dutch zwieback.
:42:52
It was Iike manna from heaven.
:42:54
It was wonderfuI.
:42:56
You suddenIy feIt
as though you´d been cIad...
:43:00
...in a cIoak of Iead or iron...
:43:04
...and it had been taken from you.
:43:06
It was a wonderfuI feeIing of freedom.
:43:10
We started to smile.
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l don´t think any of them
had smiled for a long time.
:43:16
lt was wonderful.
:43:30
Then the train went on
to Hoek van Holland.
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We got onto the boat...
:43:37
...which took us to Harwich.
:43:38
lt was an unpleasant trip because...
:43:41
...the EngIish ChanneI...
:43:44
...is one of the worst pIaces
in wintertime to cross.
:43:48
We had small children
and people got seasick.
:43:52
lt was some how-do-you-do.