It's strange what nerve and good clothes can do.My father's family left Germany in the late 30s. My grandfather's family was Jewish. He left first, leaving my grandmother, my father, and his two sibs, my great-grandmother and some sort of cousin, plus various pets, behind, as there were currency restrictions at the time. He took work as an expert witness to make money before he sent for them. When it came time for the rest of the family to come over, the SS colonel wouldn't grant the exit visas. Lilo went to his office, dressed in her best, and pulled some sort of "if I act as if everything is normal and in order he'll grant them" and what do you know, she was right. The SS still hung out and watched as they packed...
Anywhere. Smart lady.And that It Doesn't (generally) Hurt to Ask.
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