They were booked on a certain ship. Three days before leaving, they were told that a children's transport was leaving England with 200 children on board and was going to the United States. There was one cabin available, and since they had a child, they could board it, and it was part of a convoy. |
When [my father-in-law] came here, he got a job in a factory sewing shoulder seams in tuxedoes. His wife is a seamstress. When they came over here, they had nothing but the clothes on their backs. He started all over again and didn't complain. He worked hard to support his family. |