"Thousands of people are being buried and no one attends the funerals,' said one of the soldiers. 'In peacetime it's the other way round: one coffin and a hundred people carrying flowers."

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Source : Vasily Grossman (2011). “Life And Fate (Vintage Classic Russians Series)”, p.135, Random House

Vasily Grossman

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