Main Title/Prologue (Africa/La ...)

With the coming of the second world war

many eyes in imprisoned Europe turned hopefully, or desperately

toward the freedom of the Americas

Lisbon became the great embarkation point

But not everybody could get to Lisbon directly

And so a torturous, roundabout refugee trail sprang up

Paris to Marseilles

across the Mediterranean to Oran

Then, by train or auto or foot, across the rim of Africa

to Casablanca in French Morocco

Here, the fortunate ones, through money or influence or luck

might obtain exit visas and scurry to Lisbon

And from Lisbon to the New World

But the others wait in Casablanca

And wait and wait...

and wait