Gruesome: WW2, Leningrad, Cannibalism, Survival


	Gruesome: WW2, Leningrad, Cannibalism, Survival

righthand

11-15-2007 4:41 PM

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ww2, history, russia

righthand says:

from Patty2007. "This is just one story from http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/cannibal...
There are many links there. It´s really interesting as the stories happened in WW II."

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11-15-2007 11:32 PM

raven714

It's amazing what we can learn from our past.
Good clip righthand

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