Transcript
[Text: Amalia Boe-Fishman survived the war as a child in hiding. She was hidden, separately from her parents, with the Spiekhouts, a Christian family. Amalia had to stay indoors to not be seen by any of the family's neighbours. She describes how the Spiekhouts once brought her outside to take a photo of her for her parents.]
Amalia Boe-Fishman: I was not allowed to go outside. A Jewish child taken into a Christian home was a big, big responsibility and very dangerous. So, I was told I could not play outside. I could not be outside for the three years I was in hiding. So, I had my doll. And as you can see, this is my playmate, was my playmate. And also, if you're wondering why I'm holding my hand in front of my face, I cannot remember why I did that, but I believe I did that because I was told, "Never go outside." So then they asked me, they suggested, my foster family, that maybe they should take a picture of me. I didn't know this was going to be a picture for my father and my mother. So I went outside and they tried to coax me to come outside and be part of the picture. As you can see, somebody is hiding behind the bench there, trying to encourage me to put my hands away from my face. Because the reason I hold the hand in front of my face I think is because I was scared. I was not used to be outside. And here I was told to be outside.
