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Our first act as free men was to throw ourselves onto the provisions. thats all we thought about. No thought of revenge, or of parents. Only of bread.
Our first act as free men was to throw ourselves onto the provisions. thats all we thought about. No thought of revenge, or of parents. Only of bread.
Approximate author period: c. 1972 AD · modern
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- Elie Wiesel
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- Approximate author period: c. 1972 AD · modern
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