Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
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...and when the ladies had gone...
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...I wrote in my Ietter to my parents,
"´By the way, what is Orthodox?"´

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My brother had been chosen first...
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...to be the playmate
of a little boy in Coventry.

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Then they asked me if l´d like to go
to a family there.

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Of course, l jumped at the chance.
l wanted to be near my little brother.

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They chose me as a maid, but I didn´t know
I was supposed to be a maid.

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l hadn´t ever thought
of becoming a servant.

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But I drew the Iine.
I point bIank refused to wear a uniform.

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I think they took me
to show off in front of the neighbors...

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...because they were working-cIass peopIe.
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The culture shock was very great...
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...and also the fact that my clothes
were better than hers.

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She took great exception to that...
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...and she took the clothes and all.
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The chiIdren whom we brought over
and pIaced...

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...I think, in the main, were satisfactory.
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One can never cIaim 100 percent.
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There were certainIy some who weren´t.
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There were certainIy some
who were misused...

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...and used as servants
if they were of the right age.

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l wouldn´t claim that it was
a 100-percent success, but...

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...I wouId cIaim that everybody
who came was aIive at the end of the war.

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You felt you wanted to do something.
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There was a meeting in Norwich...
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...of a few Jewish congregates,
and non-Jewish.

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They said, "´Any offers to take chiIdren?"´
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My husband and I said yes.
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Then some photographs
were handed around.

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I remember there were some boy twins.
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My heart ached,
but we couIdn´t afford it in those days.

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We didn´t know what was going to happen.
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So that´s when...
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...we took Kurt.
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Percy and Mariam...
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...picked me up at the boat...
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...and took me back home.
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At the entrance stood...

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