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All of a sudden I saw (pause) a strange car coming down the hill,
no longer green, not bearing the swastika, but a white star. It
was sort of a mud splattered vehicle but I've never seen a star
brighter in my life. And two men sort of jumped out, came running
toward us and one came toward where I stood. He was wearing
battle gear. I have to think...you know. His helmet was this mesh
over that and he was wearing dark glasses and he spoke to me in
German. And he said, "Does anybody here speak German or English?"
and I said, "I speak German." And I felt that I had to tell him we
are Jewish and I didn't know if he would know what the star means
or anything, but you know, and I uh looked at him, I was a little
afraid to tell him that but I said to him, "We are Jewish, you know."
He didn't answer me for quite a while. And then his own voice sort of
betrayed his own emotion and he said, "So am I." I would say it was
the greatest hour of my life. And then he asked an incredible
question. He said, "May I see the other ladies?" You know,
what...what we have been addressed for six years and then to hear
this man. He looked to me like a young god. I have to tell you I
weighed 68 pounds. My hair was white. And you can imagine, I
hadn't had a bath in years. And this creature asked for "the
other ladies." And I told him that most of the girls were inside,
you know. They were too ill to walk, and he said, "Won't you come
with me?" And, and I said, "Sure." But I didn't know what he
meant. He held the door open for me and let me precede him and in
that gesture restored me to humanity. And that young
American today is my husband.
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