She took a deep breath. “My name is Faina Abramsky, and I am a survivor,” she began. She held the diary, displaying her bandaged arms. “Dees diary vos written by a Polish prisoner who vitnessed der murders in der Panery forest by der Lithuanian Ypatingas Burys death squads. In der vor, de Jews in Vilna ver murdered by der neighbours … dees ees a list of der names …,” she began to read them out. One by one, like nails in a coffin.
“Arlauskas Juozas … Augustas Juozas … Baltrusaitis Alfonsas … Baltusis Bronius …”
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