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I lay there, I came to the understanding that for us Jews in the

liberated countries, the war was not yet over. As long as we are

here in Europe, we are never truly free – we are still at war, and

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can nd our way
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to ahDadPrceacemnptlyinreGtuerrnmeadnfyr.o”m Poland to Belorussia to continue his

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on tthoewwoaryktofoar nueswanliyfe,loinngAemr. ericeairofroirngeErrieestzhYaviserabeel.e”n caught,
“In apEnerodepttzlheYehirsaervmaeealbi!n”eLiennegibatrywrecosaatlelreded,thethnrerteahetuesnlioaicnsktgiscmtaoliltlyeh.as“vBehoaasvsse,wIa’emllrle…wadi”tyhleft
you! No border will stop me!”

“I have something here for them,” Leiby reached into his
Yechkniealplsaaucgkheadn.d“Ip’mullnedotoyuotutrhbeorsesd, wbeo’lxl. b“eHpearertnareerso,” hceiatlo,ldvalid
Leibstya.m“Wpse,’slltreanigghagt efryoomu tahtethoe nceewatbtohredetrratihnasttawtiilolnb.e” set up.