Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
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...l could rely on to give...
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...a visa for my IittIe sister.
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She was a beautifuI IittIe girI.
They had no chiIdren.

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I showed them the photograph of Inge...
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...and they seemed to like her very much.
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But l realized one thing:
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Uncle Billy...
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...hated red hair.
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UncIe BiIIy...
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...was paying maintenance
for a red-haired chiId, not his...

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...by his first wife.
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WeII, say no more.
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Inge was a bright redhead.
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The question of hair color never arose
because l had brown hair.

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One day he said to me quite idly:
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´´What color hair does your sister have?´´
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l said, ´´Oh, like mine. ´´
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No more was said.
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And they gave permission for her...
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...to come and they wouId take her in.
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l went very happily to England.
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lt was an adventure, you know,
to go abroad, to go on the train.

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My sister wrote fantastic letters.
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Everything was wonderful.
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She was having a marvelous time.
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So was my brother.
My brother said he had a dog.

1:05:12
When I got there
actuaIIy there was a dog and a cat.

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The dog bit me.
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I didn´t think much of that.
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lnge arrived, her hair aflame...
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...titian-red....
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Uncle Billy was furious.
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He turned around
and he caIIed me a so-and-so Iiar.

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I said to him:
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"´Because Inge has red hair...
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"´...I Ieave her at home in Germany?
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"´Now you send her away. Don´t mind.
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"´Thank you for asking her here."´
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He caImed down in the end
and he did accept her into the house.

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l think, l had a sense...
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...while l was playing,
while l was laughing...

1:05:53
...that was the moment when I couId and
shouId´ve been doing something about...


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