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Unnamed German soldier

דער זעלנער

A German soldier recognized the narrator as a barber and refused to shoot him.

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... איך בין צונענאַנגען צו א זעלנער און געבעטן ער זאָל מיך דערשיסן. דער זעלנער האָט מיך אָנגעקוקט , דערקענט, אז איך בין דאָס דער פריזיער און זיך אָפּנעזאָגט עס צו טאָן. ער האָט מיר אָבער א , גוטע" עצה געגעבן. ער האָט מיך גע- שיקט צו עמעריכן. דער עמעריך איז גענאַנגען דער לעצטער אין צוג און אויסגעענדיקט אַלע אָפּגעשטאַנענע אין וועג.
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Event
Friend shot during flight
Participated In · Perpetrator
Person
Unnamed narrator
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Place
Chemnitz
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Place
Pilsen, Czechia
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Person
Emmerich
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Associated events
Murder
Friend shot during flight

A soldier shot and killed the narrator’s fleeing friend; the evidence does not establish that the soldier was German or that the killing occurred in the forest.