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The Second Struggle to Realize My Place in the Soviet Union System

German Jews, or anyone else with some strange western sound in nationality, was considered to be a suspect who is not kind of politically reliable person. And there was an informal system, which I had no idea before I entered, tried to enter into this university where they gave you such answers that even examiners do not know how to solve those problems. So your guarantee to fail. Your guarantee tofail. The second blow trying to realize my place in the Soviet Union system.

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