Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
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1:26:01
...I guess she had a heart after aII.
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Advance. End of Iine.
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March!
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-Jorgensky!
-Here!

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-Tzufevich!
-Here!

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-LeventhaI!
-Here!

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-AIba!
-Here!

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-RosenthaI!
-Here!

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-Tozic!
-Here!

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-ToIina!
-Here!

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Yes, they aII have names Iike those.
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This company, which I command...
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...is aImost entireIy composed
of German and Austrian anti-fascists.

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It is one of the fifteen aIien companies
in the Pioneer Corps.

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The Dunera scandal
and the harsh treatment of refugees...

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...began to shift public opinion
in England against internment.

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The government
started releasing internees...

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...and allowed them to join
the British armed forces.

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Those who wanted to go back to England...
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...they would send back
under one condition:

1:27:00
They would join the army.
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l was anxious to get into this.
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First of aII, I hated the Germans.
I hated their guts...

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...and I wanted to be part of it.
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Besides,
what was I going to do in AustraIia?

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Sit in AustraIia throughout the whoIe war?
God forbid!

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Girls, this is urgent.
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lf you´re over 1 7-and-a-half and under 19...
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...you can volunteer for the ATS.
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The sooner you come,
the wider the choice of jobs avaiIabIe.

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Come on, girIs, it´s urgent!
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When l was 18...
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...l had...
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...to do either work of importance
or join the forces.

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l decided to join the forces.
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l also felt l was saying thank you
to England...

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...for saving my life.
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I think, as a soIdier, I feIt...

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