The suburban train was to start any minute. and no police seemed to be waiting for us. We got the children and the suitcases aboard. and shook silently the drivers hand. The train started and in another 10 minutesI timed uswe were at the check point of Hohenneuendorf. Before we got there we all scattered around the crowded train. at least some of us would get through. When the Vopo reached me. I showed him the page on which the exit visa had been affixed. They glanced at it casually and passed on. I died a death a minute bef6re the train got started again.