Gallant's essay The Kindertransport talks about impact these experiences had on the children through different gender studies that have been conducted. ... The children were so relieved that they were free from Germany. ... Those who learned English often stopped speaking German. ... He, like most of the children, had not learned how to speak English before the journey. ... In order to learn English, he studied with a German man who knew English and lived right down the street from his foster parents. ...

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In the United States there are many people who know how to speak different languages because they emigrated from different countries. Language is the basis of any culture, so if you take away the language you take away the culture. It is this loss of language that has taken today's generations from ...

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