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> [“Liberated in Germany by the Americans, seven-year-old Valya Brekeleva and her family of slave labourers went home to Novgorod as non-persons. “Most of the people from our village who went to Latvia survived. But most of those who were sent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-hastings/liberated-in-germany-by-the-americans-seven-year-old-valya-brekeleva/)

[Max Hastings](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-hastings/)

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> [“Many of us served in the war, many died. We have written for Germany, we have died for Germany. We have spilled our blood for Germany in two ways: the blood that runs in our veins, and the blood with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-roth/many-of-us-served-in-the-war-many-died-we-have-written-for-germany-we/)

[Joseph Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-roth/)

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