Leading up to the 10th of December, when we finally had the confirmation that I was only
allowed to take a very small suitcase, I had my bar mitzvah suit on with my first long
trousers, a dark blue suit, my Sunday best, and only a small case and five or so shillings,
that was all that we were allowed.
Well, I didn't want to go.
I didn't want to go. But look, you have to go, because it's a children's transport, I mean, they eventually persuaded me
that they could not join a children's transport as grown ups, they would follow with
the grown ups in about three weeks time.
Well, we went to the Westbanhoff in West Vienna.
Well, to describe the scene, the train there, waiting,
and in front of the train there was a line of SS men standing up in front.
The train was slowly moving, the figures become smaller, then the train turned to the left, they were gone.
Well it was a journey where we made a few pickups in Germany of other children,
and eventually we got to Holland.
People in Holland gave us a very great welcome, with chocolate, with sweets, cold drinks.
But the train was standing there on the platform,
we were given some sandwiches,
but that train, we stayed on that platform for more or less a day.
We just slept where we were sitting in the carriage there.
Then the message came through that Great Britain has decided that they would take this transport,
the children would go on through the Hook of Holland, from there to Harwich.