Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
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And he was playing God Save the King.
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And that boy couldn´t be stopped.
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He played all three stanzas.
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When he was finished...
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...the guard Iooked very happy.
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I asked the feIIow, "´Are you now
convinced, sir, that he Iikes music?"´

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And he said, "´Yes! "´
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So, the boy got his vioIin into EngIand.
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Then came the arrival...
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...at Liverpool Street Station.
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Everyone was being picked up...
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...and l wasn´t.
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l remember sitting
in an enormous arrival hall.

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And l just sat.
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Nobody came to me, nobody taIked to me.
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I think I must have sat for an hour.
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Maybe longer, l don´t know.
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Then came two people...
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...who were my guardians...
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...and they introduced themseIves.
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They expIained that they Iived in LincoIn.
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They didn´t speak one word of German...
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...and I didn´t speak one word of EngIish.
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If they said, "´LincoIn,"´
that couId have been...

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...anywhere.
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Never heard of the pIace.
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My mother sent me off saying:
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´´Whoever is going to be good enough
to take you in...

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´´...and give you a home...
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´´...you must treat as a temporary mother. ´´
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When we arrived back
from LiverpooI Street...

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...and we aII went to bed...
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...in the evening...

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