But by June [1939], parents weren’t allowed to go on the platform [seeing their children leave on the Kindertransport]. They had to be- say their goodbyes outside the station. And when the train left, our blinds were drawn. As soon as we left the station, we could, could pull our blinds up again. And I saw to my amazement, my father driving alongside in his car.
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