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caredsofwornhiinmtotothoe. sewenagheeptiotoiknmthyehiranyadrdin. hiseyanwderledafmraeidtothat
the snoemarebhyovwi,llathgey. Hweouldchaetdtrachtotrhse fartotmentoinoen ooffthreepfraersmenetrast,ives
hoisotfedthme eRuepd oAnrtmo ythwehsaodwdoleu,ladntdryratnoodrawftitLhemibeytihnrtooutghhetahremed
endfloesrscese. ldse. yI ablosuonwceadrnuepd Lanedibdyotwonkeoenptahehehaoltrhsey’sdbisatcakncaendfrom
heldanoyn mtoiltihtaersyadpderlesofnonr edle. ar leifep.icture was still standing on his
“faErvmndehneosottkuiucase–lelo.ybfHuitVte!tahnkayitcakwesodtuotlpdhpeceeddrotaotihrneloyphcehonarsnaegnednaeesanrstoeoraendlaatsrhgMee,ahmolouanseetook
as if“Sito,wmasyhmisoothwenr. wAans ernigohrtmaofutesrsahlel,e”pLdoeigbybomunusdeedd. t“oIfwIarwdos uld
us, theaevthe mbaardede asunrde beavrekriynognfeerkonceiowusalbyo, buut teVvearnyytahitnhgreIwdhidimina the
piecfeoroefstm, Iewatotuhladtasltsoophpaevde trheceedivoegdiandhriasftroarcdkesr., just like Zalman.”

“’WZhaol’smtahne,reli?k’eWLeeihbey,arwdasthaenqeuxapveerrtinsgcovuoti,caenodf wthaelkefadrmareorund

fromtoiwnnsidweitohnehiosfmtheedarolsomclesa. rly on display, but he had no family

“’Pancroteinvseacrenrssn!toeGdpeftoghrhehtrieinsgimwuemnlltebidleiihanetgew,lyao!n’udldhgeeht aadll ambitions. He would
the way to Germany.
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“VaCnyaanlnaounghfoed.d‘er, aisstLimeiebyw’se’mveoctohmerectaollegdiviet.you something.”
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“ uenfarmedr sltiakreedaapteunsniinlefsrsigrheftu, sgpeee, chhelefsesl.t himself to be weak

“’Doann’dt bveulsnoeraafbraleid, ,’aVndanyoanlcyonMtianmuead’s, irnepaeastliegdhtsleyvleerses whaarrsnhings
tonep.r‘eJvuesnt tteadkehigmoofrdomcarpeuollfintgheoubtohy,isagnudnvaenryd usosionng, iwt hoenncetahgeain.

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“Vabneycaosmhoeolkikme fyamhainlydfionr fhairmewaefltle.rHheisrehmomoveedhahdisbweeantcdheastnrdoyed
mhaendaldineketddeerihhtmiitssionspomenader.e,tIanosttosaclodgannihftdtii.nmVusiaesbnol,iynaaggnhwsdtaimnhs geausrgadaonieoddrdetdthmo.aatHrneI,earacenhwmdaGishneedvretemrdheeaahmntieymed. nHtlye
of hhisarsboonr,eadnda hsee’cdregtivheoapneytdheinepg tion sheeishhimearjtus–t otnhcaet mmoaryeb.e, just

maybe, someone in his family had survived the inferno after all
“’I’mansdurwe yaos ula’lnl gseueishhiimngagbaeihninsodotnh,’eI btoalrdbeVdanwyiar.e‘Gin-dawlailblohrelcpamp
you get home. You took care of me, so surely G-d will take care