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Show ~ ert z ( page 2 ") ~ r. q ~ r. K Y.r. K f-ir. ~ ~~ r. K rt\ t'. H t· r. q tlir. :{ rtr. ~ 3v t he tirne I l e f t , all I could tE~l.<e along W8S ~2S , but I coul d +~~e along a lot of pA r s onal be l ongi ngs l t ~e su i ts , coa t s , etc. Did you feel gla d ? Dtd you fAel ups et ? 1 o, I didn't feel upset, I felt happy . I ~new ~Y parents w ~ rt)\ ~ ;. ,).''" ~ .wanted ~ :ife., vou ~{n ow , a nd I left with t he id ea that I would go and t hen see t o it t hat ~Y brot hRr would co~e with his f a ~ily, an~ that happened. Your brot her followed you? Yea h , he came. I f ound s o ~ ebody that was a relative and would give an affidavit to ~Y brother. I \J. :'] .. "' ! ..._ : ·, J , · ( • ,I !foTN" did you col'T'!e out? Do you rernerntler the sh i u? · ~:~ .. ~ ·J..:~ .~.; c..o,::~..~ :. ::1•• J) t;, ,: 'tr '·! ,..:'J~ ~ ~ -~t ' [ ~7,· : 1 ht're. , ti~0 '-1 ~€, :' {~ t' n -r. ere. If!:- .J r4 ~ ~ ' · ~ .:ffNI!C. I t h ough t I'd get ~e a pass~ort in case I had to leave, you ~now. .., That was in Yarch 1933 when ~itler came in. Yeah, that's when I got ~Y passuort. A year later ~Y ~assport had Ard. rn•l'tt. i.tJ ilS nc\ re ldri~"·'· ~;1\c., ..,.; ~ ";; J\ t:Y!r .:. ~~ ·"14t A· to be rewritten "8ugene Israel Bertz, :vou understand?;\ I even had to send it in once to be changed, and I sent it in and got it back that way again. Mrs. E Eut that was before we had to use the name Israel. t·~ r. :1 I had to send it in and got it back by rnista~e that r..yay, and that's what made it easy for ~e to go to Czechoslovakia. Mrs. H (Refer1ng to Mr. K's question about the name of the ship) That's one thing I reme~ber. f"r. K Did you co~e on the same line? iv!rs. B No, I went through Norway. The ship was Bergenjore, and I left in December 1939 for Norway to go to America which took 10 days, and I was sick for 10 days. It had a lot to do with leaVing ~Y parents w~o were still alive. Leaving t hem and going to America - I was not in the best shape at that time, anyhow, and t he weather |
