The
Hani strand is complete, though there may be another chapter in a final part
when I bring the three strands together. Some of the research I’ve completed since
I did the work on this strand now means that I need to fit in some more details
and alter some others.
I’ve
reworked the opening scenes and inserted details of the train journey up to Hook
of Holland. I’ve kept the flashback to the story about the fortunate adult passport
but made that happen as she was waiting on the station platform at Nuremberg. I’ve
introduced a couple of stories from elsewhere: a baby smuggled on to the train and
passed to an aunt in Holland and a couple of children, who, when challenged
about their violins, played them to show that they were entitled to them and
that they weren’t just smuggling items of value out of the country. This may or
may not have happened on Renate’s journey. Both incidents did take place on a
Kindertranport train. I’ve also included the brusqueness of the German guards
and the kindness of the Dutch women who met the train at the first strop in
Holland. No doubt these latter two incidents did happen.
I
shall have to rewrite the next few scenes.
I
have the rest of this strand pretty well sketched out and have researched the details
quite thoroughly. It’s just a matter of making it fit. However, I keep on
uncovering more and more interesting snippets.
Is
this actually a never-ending project?
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