Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
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1:05:00
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.

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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...

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

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...this demand on me...
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...that I shouId bring my parents out.
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From Dovercourt camp
l wrote a couple of letters...

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...to the Refugee Committee in London.
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l think they must have been moved
by a letter...

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...from a child asking
to get her parents out of Vienna.

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They did get my parents
a domestic service visa.

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My parents appeared miraculously...
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...in Liverpool on my 1 1th birthday.
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I remember feeIing...
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...that some terrific...
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...weight that I had been carrying...
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...and hadn´t known I had been carrying...
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...was taken off my back.
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Everything was being done
to get the papers...

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...for my parents to come out...
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...and war started.
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And that was the end of that.

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