1:41:01
My parents let go of a 7-year-old...
1:41:03
...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.
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So, when we got back to France,
things were very difficult.
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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?
1:41:46
l ceased to be a child
when l boarded the train...
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...in Prague.
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lt´s strange that it´s only six years
out of a long life...
1:42:00
...and those six years
wiII affect the rest of your Iife.
1:42:07
l never belonged when l was a child.
1:42:10
l wanted somewhere to find roots.
1:42:12
l feel...
1:42:14
...in the latter years of my life
that l´ve been accepted.
1:42:18
And nobody´s ever said to me:
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"´You weren´t born in this country."´
1:42:23
I was as entireIy accepted
as everyone eIse.
1:42:27
And l gradually felt...
1:42:29
...l had somewhere l belonged.
1:42:35
To be a refugee...
1:42:36
...is the most horrible feeling, because...
1:42:38
...you lose your family,
you lose your home...
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...you´re also without an identity.
1:42:43
Suddenly, you´re a nothing.
1:42:45
You are just reliant on other people´s...
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...good nature, and help,
and understanding.
1:42:53
That´s why, l think...
1:42:55
...Iiving in IsraeI,
I feeI for the new immigrants.
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I feeI for the Russians, and the Ethiopians...