:50:00
...of about three to seven.
:50:02
Little boys were accepted as well.
:50:04
And the older children found it
a bit more difficult...
:50:07
...to find foster parents.
:50:08
Of course, by that time,
they hastiIy estabIished hosteIs...
:50:12
...to take a big infIux of the chiIdren...
:50:15
...who weren´t chosen quickIy,
because we had to be chosen fast.
:50:19
ln and out, the camp was filled.
:50:21
Every week,
another transport would arrive.
:50:27
l was writing a letter to my parents...
:50:29
...and one of these ladies in a fur coat...
:50:33
...bent down to me and asked me...
:50:35
...if l would like to come to Liverpool.
:50:38
I said, "´Yes, I wouId Iike
to come to LiverpooI."´
:50:41
She said to the other woman,
"´Oh, she speaks EngIish."´
:50:44
By speaking EngIish, I mean,
I couId understand:
:50:47
"´WouId you Iike to come to LiverpooI?"´
And I couId say "´Yes."´
:50:50
Then they said to me, "´Are you Orthodox?"´
:50:52
I said, "´Yes."´
:50:54
They wrote that down.
:50:56
lt was understood that l was going to go
to Liverpool the next day...
:51:00
...and when the ladies had gone...
:51:02
...I wrote in my Ietter to my parents,
"´By the way, what is Orthodox?"´
:51:08
My brother had been chosen first...
:51:10
...to be the playmate
of a little boy in Coventry.
:51:13
Then they asked me if l´d like to go
to a family there.
:51:16
Of course, l jumped at the chance.
l wanted to be near my little brother.
:51:19
They chose me as a maid, but I didn´t know
I was supposed to be a maid.
:51:25
l hadn´t ever thought
of becoming a servant.
:51:31
But I drew the Iine.
I point bIank refused to wear a uniform.
:51:35
I think they took me
to show off in front of the neighbors...
:51:38
...because they were working-cIass peopIe.
:51:41
The culture shock was very great...
:51:43
...and also the fact that my clothes
were better than hers.
:51:47
She took great exception to that...
:51:49
...and she took the clothes and all.
:51:51
The chiIdren whom we brought over
and pIaced...
:51:54
...I think, in the main, were satisfactory.
:51:58
One can never cIaim 100 percent.