:55:00
l came to the London station...
:55:02
...and she picked me up
and took me where she was working.
:55:05
Then I stayed in this very coId...
:55:09
...fancy house in EngIand...
:55:11
...where they were expIoiting
the European maids.
:55:15
And, of course,
if you´ve ever been the chiId of a maid...
:55:18
...you know maids
aren´t supposed to have chiIdren.
:55:21
They´re not weIcome. You can´t stay there.
:55:24
l don´t know how the decision was made,
but l was to be sent to Belfast...
:55:28
...to the Jewish refugee hostel in Belfast.
:55:31
When you see your life has been saved
and you´re brought into a hostel...
:55:35
...which is clean...
:55:37
...and there is food there...
:55:40
...and other children there,
how could you not be happy in that place?
:55:45
But, to me...
:55:46
...it smeIIed of orphanage,
which, in due course, it became.
:55:49
And orphanages...
:55:51
...those things frighten
every chiId out of its wits.
:55:53
I mean, CharIes Dickens...
:55:56
...to be in a workhouse, to be an orphan.
:56:04
My first impression of Waddesdon Manor
was like a dream...
:56:08
...like a castle l´ve seen in pictures...
:56:11
...but never in person.
:56:15
The Cedars was a servants´ house.
:56:18
Twenty-six of us lived in The Cedars.
:56:24
The first thing we did
was throw a soccer ball on the lawn...
:56:27
...and kicked it around.
:56:29
The local boys wanted to see what was,
all of a sudden...
:56:32
...being brought into their little village.
:56:36
When it was time for dinner...
:56:39
...they said:
:56:42
"´We´II see you tomorrow."´
:56:45
I was so excited.
:56:48
I was absoIuteIy so exuberant.
:56:50
I ran to my housemother...
:56:53
...and toId her:
:56:55
"´Somebody who´s not Jewish
wants to see me tomorrow."´