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    We knew we had to emigrate; only we didn’t know who would take us in. You know what the situation was, I really don’t need to explain anything to you. And then my husband went to Bradford, a town in the north, very well known for its wool, has been for centuries, so to Bradford where my father-in-law had acquaintances or relations who were in the wool trade. So my husband was supposed to go there and learn the wool trade as a lawyer. He didn’t stick it out for long and returned to Cologne to do a doctorate. He had done his law degree, but thought it sounded good to have the title of Dr abroad, not so much now, but that’s how it used to be. And then he returned to Cologne, did his doctorate, and then worked with a refugee organisation, Woburn House. Those were the ones dealing with refugees here and also working on things to do with people who had their affidavit for America but had to wait here. So that was a very important thing.
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