Into the Arms of Strangers: Stories of the Kindertransport
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One day John and l
were having breakfast...

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...and there was some silly argument
over who got the marmalade first.

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And Kurt threw a knife.
That was the onIy time he was naughty.

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John had a IittIe wound here,
which was near his eye. It wasn´t nice.

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Dr. Rose, who was our friend,
and Iived a few doors down...

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...he came in and he was furious.
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"´You shouIdn´t have taken this chiId in."´
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lt terrified the entire family and me, too.
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Since then l´ve been somewhat afraid
of my possibility of letting go to anger.

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The other signs
that l had a lot inside me was that...

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...l always had some intestinal problems...
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...untiI I went into the army, and then I had
the most terribIe food and feIt fine.

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I have an anaIogy for this:
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When aII of us
have had the experience of finding...

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...a bird with a broken wing...
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...and you pick up this bird
and you hoId it in your hand...

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...and you think it´s going to sit there,
quietIy, sweetIy...

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...with its warm feathers, and be darIing.
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It´s not. It immediateIy tries...
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...to use its muscIes and it´s a very
uncomfortabIe thing to hoId in your hand...

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...because there´s this fIuttering.
What he wants is to get away.

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It may need you to hoId it and nurse it...
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...but what he wants
is to get the heck out of there.

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I think that´s what we were Iike.
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CertainIy, that´s what I was Iike.
I was not nice to have around.

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l got a new job in London...
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...and l was working there
until June 28, 1940.

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lt was lunchtime
and l was having a sandwich...

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...when suddenIy two guys appeared.
Two men.

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"´CID."´
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"´What have I done?"´
"´Nothing. You are Abrascha GorbuIski?

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"´You are now under arrest."´

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