At a restaurant, some sailors talk about their ship which is sailing that night for Ireland. You slip down to the docks and sneak aboard during the confusion of departure. You hide in a lifeboat. But, during a safety drill at sea, you are discovered and taken to the captain's cabin.
You decide to tell him the truth: you are Jewish and fleeing the
anti-Semitism of the Nazis. He dismisses the sailor who is guarding you
and closes the door. Listen,
he tells you,
I am a member of the Reformed Church. What Hitler is doing in Germany
is against everything I believe in as a Christian. I will protect you
and let you off the ship at the first safe port.
You can hardly believe your ears, and you thank him warmly.
At the Irish port of Cork, you go ashore and then find your way across the Irish Sea to England. The immigration authorities there give you a choice.
Either you can apply for British citizenship and join the Royal Air Force or receive a temporary transit visa and seek to go to the United States.
If you join the RAF, continue to page 35.
If you try to continue on to America, continue to page 36.