How a gift of kindness from WWII lives on, more than 80 years later

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About 40 years ago, when she was 18, Brenda Arnold planned a trip to visit her sister in Germany. The only information she had was her sister's address, at an apartment building.

Her journey took about 30 hours, and by the end she was hungry, thirsty, and exhausted. So when she finally arrived at her sister's door, she was thrilled.

"I thought, 'Oh my God, I've got this whole thing behind me finally,'" she recalled.

But when she rang the bell, no one answered. After she rang it a few more times, she began to realize what was happening.

"I started to get this sinking feeling and I thought, 'Oh no, wait, she's not here. She's at work. She doesn't know that I'm here and I have no way to reach her,'" Arnold said.

"My world just came crashing down around me."