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whenneetdheyocua,mthee, hbeesttoosckouthteinr pthacekagreeas, wtoithhoeulpt ausw,”oPrdesacnhd, an
begaenighwtaeleknin-yge.ar-old, dark-haired young partisan turned to him.

“Le“ibByu, twthheewreara,wrehaytoauboguotinthge?”wharis? Wmeohthaevre taoskgedh.t t“hLeeGt’sergmoans.
insidWe.h”en we defeat them, all the Jews of the ghetto will be freed,
“Noa,n” Ld ewibeywroenp’ltiendeegdlutmo lsym. “uggilsehoouutsaeniysonnoelaotnaglel!r”ours.”
MLhaevaibemea“LlvywtaeiaensaktxyaeetpsnennlnsdaatiitonNysCeoma.dvShz.eeiaasr“,vv!a”fainnoPrdgeessttjlhuhaaeocrsteehtummdsowesneeaaehltsvteJaeaelslsdwh.yb”ai’omsemAueliantfwneutcthhniosaeacnnitwordmoosluorcpptraoerhtkerceshmoduoem.aofnsrmdhievioaenternh.grpdaonoera,rlkinhcTideelulivniga
hurrBieudtlLy eaidbdyewd,a“sbnu’tthdaovnin’tgwaonryryo,fI’ivte. “fCouonwdarudss!aSnceawredpyla-ceattso!” he
live.s”puttered, appalled.

He Pleedsatchhemwatso uthnemnoevgeldecbteydLheoiubsye’sastctohren.en“Od noef tdhaeystrheeetw. Harewill
hadewndo,rkweidthhaorudr thoetlrpy oarndwigtihvoeuttheit.hGouesremaanmyowreilwl enlecvoemr idnegfeat
apptehaeraenncteire– whoerlhda,dancdleianneadnotthheer towoor oarndthrbeoearydeeadrs,upperthhaeps a
brokliettnlewminodroew, tshaenyd’llheaidthseormsuerhroewndmeraonragbeed ttootaollbytadinemsomlisehed.
straBwumt uantttrielstsheastthapt pheensp,lathcedy’lolnkitlhl evreircykeJteywcthhaeiyrsc. aHnegewtatsheir
chaghrainndesd oatnt.he meyakheasvheifat bcleedasr, baguetnthdatfworasthalalth. eBhuatdwteo hoaveer.our
MamowananagdenCdhaav–at,otostaavlely! Teoxhraeuscsuteeda, slamy adnoywJnewasndasfwelel acsalnee. pYour
immmeodtihateerlya.nd sister are in the ghetto. If you don’t get them out,
atovinifmlyleaaetnmwoyrJgosmweoae,ahwrrsnMneaeo,sdadswnp,gcanweePhumesaopdoehelwpalr,eloyietlinasmeaolnehltt.n.h”ndkdttWnedihhlwasClSee,etey–oihnlo’avlcwaownlsiavetoakneoatlun’’tntslawhll7oedusacworttwdoonahduatonioblhmantdlreyaithceettsioitneddewhutsslriefanyetaohratvnordabtectuuediyhledmin.tdennodAobgont,usentouoharrdymrnohveoooeitbwfutdrthaenJ.heyrreeAd,erwboitnlvheotfsnehsoetGuwdteihkmr.teeoenGohrbumemaeseatacaaranrafcvrnbognouteyassrfsrgosweeudder
pouPnedsiancgh’isnotbevriroour,salnovdetahnedfaccotntcherant tfhoeryhihsafdelrloetwurJneewds hdoidmme ore
unsctoatpherdsuwaadsemLieriabcyultohuasn. anything he could have said, and Leiby
oLinuettisbfOuhioyndeutiehactn.sroedr,Hrrabnpnhueeagitrmre,wLtdtisahseenateilhbnftneeysfdisorwbalattlbeootnebtwlltyoebiodnnetnhggtseiohnuhwirgbisemseionitawdnhtboonastwtohvTreohabulensevitmddiiawoailnonoBlluottiocleokdlleotstdhkshneieeoa’tsttSftafohtbamhvameeitielitysstlattycorckeoaoceemmandtmpb.apt.
by sLuerpibryisewbasy saunrypruinseindvittoedsegeuethstes athstaotnmishayincgomnuemsbneoropoifngJews
aroucnrodw. Hdeedhtaodgetothbeer pinretphaeresdwbaemfoprye clelettairnignginotrfutdheersfoinretosttwhehere
houtshee. y were camped.

 7 “HowArmdeod nyaotuionparlso–viadfteerftohoedwafro, rvasriooums gaannygs,pmeaoipnllye?U”krhaeiniaansked
and PPoelsisahc,hr.oamed around the territories that had been liberated by the
Sovie“tWUeniobnu.yThtehyeathtaucgkee,d rtohuenrdeprBeseelnotrautisvseisanof bthreeandewloraevgeims,”e Panedsach

also murdered Jews whom they found had returned to their homes.
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