Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
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...to wait until l´d finished...
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...the English School Certificate at age 16.
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And also, they needed time
to re-establish themselves.

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Eventually, in 1947,
they were ready for me.

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l didn´t want to go,
but the Cohens took me to Paris...

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...where l was to meet my parents.
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I remember standing outside the hoteI.
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I saw, in the distance,
my parents approach.

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I couIdn´t Iook at them directIy.
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So I Iooked at them...
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...their refIection in a shop window...
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...as they waIked towards me. I feIt...
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...a very, very strong emotion.
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lt was a sense...
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...of elation...
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...and of love. l suddenly felt it...
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...and fought it.
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But l felt, you know, l knew it was them.
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We met.
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Kurt´s father, who was more demonstrative
than the mother...

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...put his hand through Kurt´s curIs...
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...and Kurt went Iike that,
and gave him a waIIop.

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And my husband says,
"´Don´t you ever do that again, Kurt.

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"´Your father is showing you his affection."´
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And that was that.
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When it came to say good-bye
to the Cohens...

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...I reaIized for the first time,
I think, consciousIy...

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...that...
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...they had Ioved me, especiaIIy Percy...
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...because he was in tears,
and I´d never seen him cry...

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...I´d never seen him cry before.
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Then we had to Ieave him.
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I remember him Iooking back.
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It was very, very sad.
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He didn´t want to go.
He didn´t know them.


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