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Description

When German troops surround Leningrad and cut off food supplies in the autumn of 1941, no one imagines that the siege will last almost three years and take hundreds of thousands of lives. As the first 'hungry winter' sets in, the city's residents strip the bark off trees, boil and eat... read more

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First Sentence

It is not so uncommon for those near the end of their lives to run their mind's hand over the contours of those lives.

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  1. Elise Blackwell (Author)
 

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