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Im Oktober 1943 kam der Mann, der versprochen hatte zurückzukehren, nicht zurück. Die Stadt war voller Soldaten, und die Leute gingen nicht mehr aus dem Haus. Es herrschte eine seltsame Stille, als warteten alle auf etwas, das nie eintreffen würde.

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The vocabulary the text asks for

This estimate uses common German word forms to find the vocabulary size needed to cover nine words in ten. Names and words outside the list are excluded.

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