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AI: I wanted to ask a little bit about your kids, as they were growing up. As they were getting to be teenagers.

FH: Oh yeah.

AI: Did you ever talk to them about what happened during the war and going to camp?

FH: They're the ones that started talking.

AI: They did? They asked you? What did they ask?

FH: They says, "Why didn't you tell me when we were there, too?" We didn't talk about it.

AI: What kinds of things did they want to know about?

FH: Well, lot more, they still wanna know! But, I don't know why we didn't talk about it. It never came up, I guess.

AI: Did Leonard ever ask you any questions about where he was born?

FH: Oh, Leonard knows, yeah.

AI: Do you remember how old he was when, when you told him he was born in this camp?

FH: No, no, not until, not until one they start to ask. Then, "How come you didn't tell me?" Oh, maybe it was the picture, when the picture came out. She didn't even know.

LH: Well, when did you become aware that your picture had become well-known?

FH: Well, until, I heard it was in the Smithsonian, I got a call from them saying, "Is that you for sure?" They want to make sure it was me. They thought it was my sister, we look, kinda look alike. In fact, when we went to San Francisco for interview, she thought it was her, so she called, wanted, made contact with her, and she didn't know what they were talking about. But, she said, "Okay", then they found out it was me so, they called me too, and so we both went.

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