1:20:03
...about how humanely
they treated their prisoners.
1:20:05
ln time...
1:20:07
...the population of Theresienstadt
exceeded its capacity.
1:20:12
One day...
1:20:13
...they came into our barrack,
and my name was called...
1:20:17
...to report to the railroad station.
1:20:21
l went to the railroad station.
1:20:24
As they called your name,
you had to go and see this SS guy...
1:20:29
...and he crossed you off the list
and then you went into the car.
1:20:34
l got there and l repeated my name.
1:20:37
He said, "´You´re not going."´
1:20:40
I had no idea.
I didn´t dare ask why or what...
1:20:43
...but that was the end of it
and they sent me back.
1:20:47
And this went on for maybe two weeks.
1:20:52
l´d been at the railroad station,
l think, four times.
1:20:56
And l was a complete wreck.
1:21:00
To say good-bye to your parents...
1:21:02
...one time...
1:21:03
...a second time, a third time...
1:21:05
...and a fourth time...
1:21:07
...and once before,
when I was in the Kindertransport...
1:21:11
...it was...
1:21:12
...just absoIuteIy devastating.
1:21:17
Every time l said good-bye...
1:21:18
...l think l tore a little piece
out of my mother...
1:21:21
...and out of my father,
and also a big piece out of myself.
1:21:26
The last time it happened...
1:21:28
...l said to the guy:
1:21:30
"´WouId you terribIy mind,
but I want to go."´
1:21:33
"´Are you sure of that?"´ I said, "´Yes."´
1:21:35
He crossed my name off, and I went.
1:21:41
Little did l know
that we were going to Auschwitz.
1:21:49
It was a Iong period where I did not hear
anything from my parents.
1:21:53
I said, "´WeII, it´s wartime...."´
1:21:56
I found aII kinds of reasons and excuses.
1:21:59
Then, finally,
l received a letter from my father...