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l have a very vivid memory of waking up...
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...and seeing the sea for the first time,
with the sunrise on it...
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...and thinking how beautifuI it was.
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lt was only the British Channel...
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...but it seemed
a long way from home in 1939.
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And so, it was a mixture...
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...of eIation because we saw something
so beautifuI, and saw the sea, whiIe this...
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...fear within me, which never Ieft me
for those six years, of:
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"´What´s going to happen...
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"´...at home?"´
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Refugees from terror.
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The first boatload from Nazi Germany.
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Vanguard of an army of helpless children.
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Uprooted from their homeland
in a modern exodus.
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Each Kindertransport
was lead by adult escorts...
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...on the condition that
after delivering the children...
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...all escorts would return home...
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...or else the transports would be ended.
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A couple of times l traveled with them.
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At one transport the customs official...
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...checked and said, ´´We have a problem. ´´
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He said, ´´This young man here
brought a violin...
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´´...which is very, very expensive.
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´´This is not an ordinary violin. ´´
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I said, "´WeII, don´t forget...
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"´...these young peopIe
take music Iessons...
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"´...and obviousIy
he Iiked music very much...
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"´...so he took his vioIin aIong."´
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This didn´t sit weII...
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...so l gambled.
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l said to that boy:
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´´Can you play something?´´
And he said, ´´Sure. ´´