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LeningradIn the evenings they repaired the childrenБЂ™s clothes, reusing buttons and elastic. There was no soap, no toothpaste and so little crockery that everyone drank from saucers. Staff were also drafted to outside БЂvoluntaryБЂ™ work, demolishing buildings for firewood and emptying bedpans in a nearby military hospital. Though it was forbidden to talk in front of children about the war БЂ” they were to be БЂtransported to a world of fantasy, fairy tales and artБЂ™ БЂ” reality inevitably intruded. On walks they competed for spent shot from the anti-aircraft guns on the Kirov, moored nearby on the Neva embankment, and at break-time distressed Olga with their games: Today the children found some sort of hole in the yard, and began to dig, chanting, БЂCome on, come on, dig quicker. Our little ones are in there. The Germans have killed them all!БЂ™ Lida: БЂMy VovochkaБЂ™s in there!БЂ™ Rufa: БЂAnd my Lilenka and Granny!БЂ™. . Tearing the girls away from this game was very difficult. It fascinated them and they came back to it again and again ...» | Код для вставки книги в блог HTML
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