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He dpraeisnseteddinLtehiebyR’sedfaAcermwyituhnaifnoramss,olortoekdedraantgheimofcuproiwoudselrys.
and“Wcrehaomds,o cyoonucweaalnintg?” the numerous scars that covered it,
tnheewn“ ipmlaeacgceeodmianmsthahnoedrtmi,ndagsasorikvewcmeirg.i”rornor,haisndheaaldm. oLsetibdyidlno’tokreecdoagtnhizies
him“sLeleft. hDimarkinc,uIrklsnforwamheimd ,h”ias dfacrke,-hhaisirepdalseo, lsdciaerrrewditshkninothicaedably
becoJemweisah dfeaartku,revseanppshroaadceh,eadntdhevgeanteh. His esmexaclhl annogsedsaudfedwenwlyords
seemweitdhlothnegegruaanrd,sthhaernpeorp. ened the gate and accompanied Leiby
“I dionns’itdree.cognize myself,” he exclaimed, amazed and delighted.
“YesL, eyiobuy leonotkerteodtatlhlye cohacnegre’sdr,”otohme,mimakpeautipenatrtainstdatgerneseed.. “But
tell “mOe scoemr, ewtehinnege.dHreaivnefoJrecwems reenatlslyursguecncetleyd!”edheinexcgleatitminegd.t“o e
EreNtz.YS.iZsr.aheal?v”e organized a blood libel and pogrom in Praga, we’ve
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cities, eitchoemr minanItdailnygoor inceFrr,aancse,veinrethloeohkoinpge mofidsadillein-aggefrdomman,
therleistteoneEdreattzteYnitsirvaeelyl. I“tY’sesa, lwoen’gll asnedndstyreonuuoreuisnfjorucrenmeye,nbtsu,t” he
evendteucaidlleydw, ea’nlldalhligseftatcoe tthoeokHonly aLastnedr.n” expression. “ e war is
eoemxvpearln,aianlnooditkietfodthathteeLPmeoi,bl”eyhs aednobdna’sntigguehndeddhe.risstansdt that, our soldiers will
on the table. “I’m not
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shtet“lL, tohnegy lhivaed tShteailrinw! oLrkoncugtloivuet foourrthMemot.herelaynpde!rsAectuotaesdt tthoe the
rabbfarantiemrnaintydocflonsaetdiodnos!w”n our cheder.
“I w“aBsuot ntheeoref’sthneo flraesetdtohmreeancdhinldorfernatwerhnoityl,eparenoepdleihnertehearsehbuel ing
befomreurtdherYedev,”seLketsiibaysleaimzeednitteda.nd transformed it into a theatre
hou“sNe oa,nmd ypderesauracdheidldm, Ie’lltsoengdo yaolounagtrwuictkhlothademof. sIosltdiilel rrseagnredt the
the gmanogmsteenrts twhiallt rIunstoaowdayolniktehferibgihmteanheidnmthicee!s”hul and swore
allegiance to the communist party. After that I became one
of t“hOemne. Itriuncckiltoeaddthweomn’tabgeainenstoumgyh,f”eLlloewibyJepwlasyeadndhihsalruacskse.d“We
need three – one for the life of Stalin, one for the Motherland,