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This story is part of the life of my late mother, Rosa Buchheim born Blumert.

My mother, Rosa Blumert, was born in Zeven, a place in the north of Germany in 1.921 to a Jewish family; as far as I know, there were only two Jewish families in Zeven. The other family could escape Germany on time, but luckily their permit arrived for one more person that that family needed, so it was decided that my mother will use it to get out.
So, in July 1939 she left alone, without her family, on the Queen Elizabeth from Bremerhaven in Germany to England.
She arrived to South Hampton with a 鈥渄omestic permit鈥� in her hands, and she took a train to London to Bluethberry House were they assigned her to a hostel to live and a place to work after they decided that she was a 鈥渇riendly alien鈥�. The hostel I think was located at Backmoeth Road 91 were she was very happy, specially because of the presence of a social worker she knew before in Germany, I think her name was Miss Arent.
And she worked as a machinist, at M. Shorn and Sons, a factory were they made uniforms for the British soldiers. She told me that the work was paid by piece, so they had to prepare the different pieces that form the uniform, like collars, pockets, sleeves, etc. With great proud she always said, that once she came to work and saw a letter from the company directed to the workers offering rewards for good work, so she decided to stay at work even during the sirens while all the people run down to the shelters. After some time, she got a surprise, a very nice letter with the money reward, but what made her so proud was the letter, where it is written that she did her best and with spirit to help to win the war.
She had always good words towards England and her days there. But one episode could have been ended differently:
At a certain point while she was in London, she got a letter from her mother asking her to see how she could help to bring them out from hell. She went back to the Tribunal at Bluethberry house and asked for this help. They refuse her because she didn鈥檛 have 1000 Pounds to pay. All her family perished.
She stayed in England for 8 years. When the war was over, she was asked to leave the country because of her status. She arrived to Colombia where she found her only relatives that survived, even they were far related. In Colombia she renewed her life, got married, children and grandchildren. She died in 1988 in Tel Aviv were she immigrated with my father a couple of years before.
She told me that she had a boyfriend in those days in London called David Gross, but she kept this chapter quite closed for us. She told me about this in her dying bed. If he is still around, and if he remembers my mother, Rosa Blumert, I would like very much to say hello to him, on behalf of my mother.
In the name of my sister Selma, my self Leo, and all descendants from Rosa Blumert we thank England of saving, sheltering and comforting her.

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