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Sabina was tall and thin, with a startled expression, as if she knew in advance that the world and its inhabitants had nothing good in store for her. (first lines of "Sabina Under the Sacks")

— Ida Fink Traces: Stories (1997)

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What our cousin experienced, locked up in that room, will remain forever a mystery.

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Each day and night of those weeks could fill a book, if only the pen could take on this burden of despair and helpless loneliness.

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The execution itself did not take long; more time was spent on the preparatory digging of the grave.

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