A woman describes the distribution of domestic servants in the train station of
and her own experience as a domestic servant.
ΑΝ.: I came as a servant…
RE.: Mmm I understand…
ΑΝ.: So they taught you some stuff, when you came, When I came here… am…
it was a bit difficult. Ee… in my mind I remember… we were around thirty girls who came with
the ship which… together all of us this and the moment we disembarked here… aa… I can’t… now I
can’t pinpoint it. We put on the… the immigrant’s… statue. I think that the… that we didn’t
disembark at this station. We disembarked eh… down in the… in the city, if I’m not mistaken. I’m not sure.
And… when we went and the ladies came and they… you know, from immigration and so forth,
we were all together. What has stuck on my mind is… that… every time… that they came
and took a girl…we were all crying.
RE.: Really? You had…
ΑΝ.: And you didn’t know where you were going. Ehm… from what I’ve heard,
I don’t know whether it’s true, I happened upon a good family,
But I didn’t stay for long. Eh… I left after four months. I went… I went out, I learned manicure,
I started working. Many girls stayed.
Many people helped these girls.
Myself, from those I know… I kno... I know they helped them. I hear a lot, but I can’t say anything.
