Eva Hesse Page #6

save the children as speedily as possible.

On December 7th,

Helen and Eva left for Holland

with the children's transport.

Will there be a reunion?

Will We get murdered first?

We were not allowed on the platform.

Helen and Eva held hands

and marched off to the train,

accompanied by criminals certified

as customs officials and Gestapo.

(CHILDREN SINGING IN GERMAN)

OHARASH:
Eva was under three,

and I was five-and-a-half.

(CHILDREN CONTINUE SINGING)

HESSE". We went to Holland.

We were supposed to be picked up by

my father's brother and his Wife,

but they Weren't allowed to do it.

We were put in

a Catholic children's home.

CHARASH:
I remember that Eva

had been toilet trained at home,

but she must have regressed with all

that happened and they spanked her.

She took sick around her birthday time,

and she was quarantined,

so they didn't let me see her.

WILLIAM:
In the beginning of February,

Ruth and I were rescued, as well.

We came to Holland

and picked up the children.

HESSE:
My father's brother and his wife

ended up in concentration camps.

And all of my grandparents

and everybody.

No one made it.

But we did.

We Went to America

via one of my father's cousins.

It was the end of summer, 1939.

H was very, very late.

H was the last chance.

July 2181,1964.

Dear Rosie, I had a slow week.

Did not push at all.

Took H easy.

I don't know What it means

to really delve into the past,

family and such.

I must be too afraid.

The first two weeks here,

I had terrible, gruesome nightmares.

Frighiful dream.

Large party-

(JAZZ PLAYING)

Hundreds of people.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Official.

(GLASS CLINKING)

Tom very drunk.

I heard someone tell him,

"Take your lovely wife home."

He carried me outside,

ran with me, fast.

(FOOTSTEPS RUNNING)

Hurt me.

We went higher and higher

through the sky.

There was a French Legion

parade beneath us.

Officers came out,

and with long, saber swords

cut the heads off all the legionnaires.

I had to control Tom. (ROARS)

Officers then grabbed us

and threw us into solitary.

We had swords held inches away,

I, by my screaming head.

I could no longer control myself,

but was warned to behave.

(TRAIN CHUGGING)

They said that if I were not a child,

they already Would've killed me.

Friday.

Initially, I felt different.

But once again, I'm left with myself.

Started Work in oil paint today.

Did two tiny,

very expressionism: paintings.

Feel rather enthused, since I enjoyed

them and they seemed real for me.

Somehow, I think that counts.

I'm still networking right,

as I know in my mind one should.

Tom also can find working difficult.

Less so, as he knows what he's about,

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