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"Short talk on waterproofing."

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"Franz Kafka was Jewish, he
had a sister, Ottla, Jewish.

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Ottla married a jurist,
Joseph David, not Jewish.

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When the Nuremberg
laws were introduced

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to Bohemia and Moravia
in 1942, quiet Ottla

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suggested to Joseph
David that they divorce.

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He at first refused.

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She spoke about sleep shapes,
property and their two

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daughters, and a
rational approach.

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She did not mention,
because she did not yet

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know the word, Auschwitz where
she would die in October 1943.

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After putting the apartment in
order, she packed a rucksack

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and was given a good
shoeshine by Joseph David.

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He applied a coat of grease.

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Now, they are
waterproof, he said."

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