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LeningradShortly after PushkinÁ€™s fall he bumped into a former neighbour, who had witnessed the townÁ€™s takeover before escaping to the city on foot: She told us of awful things. . An ordinary German language teacher at the Pushkin middle school took a Á€˜leading roleÁ€™, volunteering as an interpreter and identifying various Communists, among them sweet Anechka Krasikova from the Palace administration. Anechka often used to drop round Á€” pretty, young, always cheerful. Her little face wasnÁ€™t even spoiled by pince-nez, though they didnÁ€™t really suit her at all. Her husband and five-year-old boy managed to get away in time. But she was put in charge of the palaceÁ€™s air-raid shelters, in which much of the town was hiding, and so missed getting out either by truck or on foot. The fascists shot her and various others on the lawn opposite the parade ground, next to the Monogram Gates, having first made them dig their own graves. An elderly Jewish couple Á€” the Lichters from the right-hand wing Á€” were hanged. (The old lady was so proud of her boy, the tankist!) So were three Jews from the left wing ...» |
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