JB: I had been under the impression that you were on a speaking circuit. Since that is obviously not the case, I was lucky to hear you!
Your desire to help these people to escape thrust you into a world of intrigue. How did you know what to do?
JFC: I learned to operate by using natural street sense. I put myself into the mindset of the people with whom I was indirectly dealing. I never dealt on a direct person-to-person situation. I always had an intermediary who "worked' with me.
I did have threats, one particularly a major one. Don't ask me about it.
I was very, very careful not to make a mistake. It always took me a lot of time to make decisions for someone's life. My philosophy was that if I would not put one of my own children on the escape route, the Syrian Jews didn't go either -- until I was ready and the border was quiet.
Luck also played a part.
JB: The results speak for themselves. But how did you handle all that stress without going bonkers altogether? That must have been incredibly challenging, too.
JFC: Stressful is an understatement! I don't know how I lived through it all but it took its toll. My husband died so young, raising kids, holding a job, and the day and night Syrian rescue.
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