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To say good-bye to your parents...
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...one time...
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...a second time, a third time...
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...and a fourth time...
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...and once before,
when I was in the Kindertransport...
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...it was...
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...just absoIuteIy devastating.
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Every time l said good-bye...
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...l think l tore a little piece
out of my mother...
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...and out of my father,
and also a big piece out of myself.
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The last time it happened...
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...l said to the guy:
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"´WouId you terribIy mind,
but I want to go."´
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"´Are you sure of that?"´ I said, "´Yes."´
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He crossed my name off, and I went.
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Little did l know
that we were going to Auschwitz.
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It was a Iong period where I did not hear
anything from my parents.
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I said, "´WeII, it´s wartime...."´
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I found aII kinds of reasons and excuses.
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Then, finally,
l received a letter from my father...
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...in which he said, ´´Tomorrow...
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´´...l´m going to be deported
to an unknown destination.
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´´And it may be a very long time
before you hear from me again. ´´
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Then l received a letter from my mother.
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She said, ´´Tomorrow...
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´´...l´m going to be deported from here. ´´
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She encourages me to be good,
and honest...
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...and courageous,
and to hold my head high...
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...and to never give up hope.
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And this at a time when I think she knew...
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...what might be happening to her.
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Then there was
one more communication from her.
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A postcard dated September 4, 1942.
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lt´s written in real shaky handwriting.
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She´s saying that she´s traveling...
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...to the East, and is saying
a very final good-bye to me.