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Preface-Part 1

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Part 3, Chapters 11-14

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Part 3, Chapters 15-18

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Part 4-Epilogue

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Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall

Forty Autumns: A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall