White Tux With Black Pinstripes

My War ... Part 7

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reasons of health, the partisans I sovsemne old enough, but as a young lady who was very attractive for night Lovelace, who often to us. The family decided to move to town town, where he lived our relative-hour master Kobak. We settled on the outskirts, near the church, in an empty house. Owner of the house he lived in the village and did not object to our move. Mom got a job at a local hospital, and we with her aunt Nadia began work in Semerniki school in the village, close to town. For us every morning alternately visited farmers. Say the name "Semerniki" comes from the birth of seven twins, who at the time of baptism could fit on one platter.

township town - a centuries-old settlement: three long streets and hills - walls of the castle destroyed by time, a wonderful river and a brick mill. One street leads to the Volozhin, the second - in Molodechno, the third - in Rakov and then - in Minsk. The streets are paved with cobblestones. From the Rakov - beautiful church in the center, a large stone tserkov.Tut same area with stone buildings and not only the floor, lots of shops and workshops. Along the streets - huge old trees. Clean streets, beautiful homes and many colors. So I saw Town in the summer of 1942. I came to visit his uncle on the second day after the destruction of the Jewish population. The town, like a bud became extinct - was oppressive silence. Geographic position of the town made it a trading crossroads. Much of the population - the Jews, turned it into a center of commerce and it is not surprising that there can be could buy everything you need. After twenty years of hiatus, I have visited this wonderful place and found there a rundown village with three shops and a smelly cafeteria. Catholic church and the church burned down, as all that was adorned and made unique town. Mighty ramparts of the castle ruins provide grounds to expect a znachitelnoy Borough role in the history of our land and undying hope of researchers and enthusiasts who will pay homage to this forgotten corner of our Belarus.

                                                                                                                                

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