Ellen hid this prayerbook. and kept it with her for the rest of her journey. Fortunately. the soldiers who were responsible for the raid were suddenly relocated and the Wolffs fled to safety again. Recently. Ellen presented her grandmothers prayerbook to one of her daughters as a symbol of their family legacy and their heritage. Finally. In July 1941. after months of frustrating negotiations with American embassy officials In Marseilles and the help of relatives In the United States. the Wolffs were granted visas to America. They obtained transatlantic passage on the Navemar. which sailed from Cadiz. Spain. and arrived 6 weeks later on September 12. 1941.