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From the Ted Talk by Werner Reich: How the magic of kindness helped me survive the Holocaust

Unscramble the Blue Letters

I slept for three days next to a dead man, just to get his ration of a tablespoon of mdloy bread. And two days before the end of the war, May 5, we were laeebtrid by aeriacmn forces. At that time, I was 17 years old, and I weighed 64 pounds. And I hitchhiked back to Yugoslavia. And when I came back to Yugoslavia, there was communism there, there was no fimaly there and there were no friends there. I stayed there for two years, and after two years, I mnaaegd to escape to England. And when I came to England, I couldn't speak English, I had no education, I had no skills.

Open Cloze

I slept for three days next to a dead man, just to get his ration of a tablespoon of _____ bread. And two days before the end of the war, May 5, we were _________ by ________ forces. At that time, I was 17 years old, and I weighed 64 pounds. And I hitchhiked back to Yugoslavia. And when I came back to Yugoslavia, there was communism there, there was no ______ there and there were no friends there. I stayed there for two years, and after two years, I _______ to escape to England. And when I came to England, I couldn't speak English, I had no education, I had no skills.

Solution

  1. managed
  2. moldy
  3. liberated
  4. family
  5. american

Original Text

I slept for three days next to a dead man, just to get his ration of a tablespoon of moldy bread. And two days before the end of the war, May 5, we were liberated by American forces. At that time, I was 17 years old, and I weighed 64 pounds. And I hitchhiked back to Yugoslavia. And when I came back to Yugoslavia, there was communism there, there was no family there and there were no friends there. I stayed there for two years, and after two years, I managed to escape to England. And when I came to England, I couldn't speak English, I had no education, I had no skills.

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