No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor of that time, that place. (Anna Akhmatova)

No foreign sky protected me, no stranger's wing shielded my face. I stand as witness to the common lot survivor of that time, that place.

Anna Akhmatova

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