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Bridge of Sighs: Refugees cross Vistula into Poland
An overlong, chaotic dispatch describes tens of thousands of refugees from Russia and eastern Poland trudging toward Poland over a perilous bridge at Prague, with wagons and pedestrians clogging the route. It notes mass deportations, hunger, exposure, and the relief effort as winter approaches.
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