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The czar always got his dues, no matter if it ruined a family.

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The czar was always sending us commands - you shall not do this and you shall not do that - till there was very little left that we might do, except pay tribute and die.

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The first meal was an object lesson of much variety. My father produced several kinds of food, ready to eat, without any cooking, from little tin cans that had printing all over them.

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There was one public school for boys, and one for girls, but Jewish children were admitted in limited numbers - only ten to a hundred; and even the lucky ones had their troubles.

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You heard on all sides that the brightest Jewish children were turned down if the examining officers did not like the turn of their noses.

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You went up to be examined with the other Jewish children, your heart heavy about that matter of your nose.

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Biography

Nationality: Russian

Type: Activist

Born: February 24th, 1909

Died: May 15th, 1949

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