Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
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1:40:01
...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...

1:40:33
...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.
1:40:57
He didn´t want to go.
He didn´t know them.

1:41:01
My parents let go of a 7-year-old...
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...and got back a 16-year-old.
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And my mother especially wanted...
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...to carry on where she´d left off.
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And a 16-year-old doesn´t like
to be treated like a 7-year-old.

1:41:16
So, when we got back to France,
things were very difficult.

1:41:22
Of course, I´m very Iucky. I reaIize this.
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Most of the Kinder
never saw their parents again.

1:41:29
I not onIy had mine back,
but another set of parents as weII.

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What more couId one ask for?
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l ceased to be a child
when l boarded the train...

1:41:49
...in Prague.
1:41:56
lt´s strange that it´s only six years
out of a long life...


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