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 * Diary Entry #4**



January 29th 1938

10 days since I have been in this safety zone. I can see my sister and my mom happy again. Their smiles on their faces makes me happy. I wish the smiles on their faces that they have now will stay there forever. We met a lot of new people while we were here. They told me stories of how they ended up here in the safety zone and what they have experienced before they came here. I was talking to one of my new friends that I met, but this woman came up to me. She introduced herself, telling me that her name was Caroline Tennant, and that she is a British Journalist. She asked me whether she can interview me of what I experienced before I came here since she was a journalist. It was a little bit weird telling a complete stranger on what happened, but I felt that this was my chance for my voice to be heard and to tell numerous of people about the horrendous things that my family and I experienced, and also tell them about the Japanese soldiers. I told Caroline about my Mom, the soldiers and everything that happened to our family. But while I was saying the story, I reflected and imagined back on what happened, and my eyes started to be filled with water again. But I held my tears, and finished telling her on what happened. When I told Caroline the whole story, her face was in complete shock. She couldn’t believe that a young person like me and my sister could endure all those hardships by ourselves. She felt sorry for us and said that what my family experienced will not happen again. She said that we are safe here, and that she will protect us no matter what. I could tell that she felt really sorry for me. She gave me a hug and said that I am safe now and that nothing like that is ever going to happen to me again. I hugged her back and thanked her for cheering me up. After she left, I thanked God again. I thanked him for letting us meet Mom again, going into the city and luckily finding John Rabe, and letting us stay in this safe shelter. I prayed to God to look after the ones that are suffering right now, and for them to find a safe shelter and find happiness again... just like us.