1:31:00
...but they weren´t
the same parents l´d left.
1:31:03
They were much older
and they were worn out.
1:31:06
And we obviously weren´t
the same children...
1:31:09
...that they´d sent off.
1:31:12
Suddenly l realized l couldn´t say anything
except their names.
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´´Mommy and Daddy´´ or ´´Mutti and Papa. ´´
1:31:18
Then we just stood there...
1:31:21
...Iooking at each other.
1:31:26
It was such...
1:31:28
...a traumatic moment.
1:31:30
It was sad for Inge because
she couIdn´t speak German anymore.
1:31:34
My brother spoke it with difficuIty.
1:31:37
I was the onIy one
who couId communicate with them.
1:31:40
But the barriers compIeteIy went...
1:31:42
...and we became a family again.
1:31:48
The cease-fire began yesterday,
to be sounded...
1:31:52
...along all the fronts.
1:31:55
The German war is therefore at an end.
1:32:41
l remember VE Day very clearly.
1:32:44
lt was just wonderful.
1:32:47
We all danced in Piccadilly Circus...
1:32:50
...and for me, l just thought, well, this is it:
1:32:53
l´m going to see my parents next week.
1:32:56
I went straight back...
1:32:58
...and wrote to both of them.