[01:09.99]With the coming of the second world war
[01:12.75]many eyes in imprisoned Europe turned hopefully, or desperately
[01:17.47]toward the freedom of the Americas
[01:20.11]Lisbon became the great embarkation point
[01:22.88]But not everybody could get to Lisbon directly
[01:26.32]And so a torturous, roundabout refugee trail sprang up
[01:31.26]Paris to Marseilles
[01:38.95]across the Mediterranean to Oran
[01:48.92]Then, by train or auto or foot, across the rim of Africa
[01:53.46]to Casablanca in French Morocco
[01:56.34]Here, the fortunate ones, through money or influence or luck
[02:01.44]might obtain exit visas and scurry to Lisbon
[02:04.93]And from Lisbon to the New World
[02:07.45]But the others wait in Casablanca
[02:11.40]And wait and wait...
[02:15.00]and wait