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Visiting World War II veteran

On October 14, teachers and students of our School came to visit the World War II veteran, Lev Abramovich Morgenstern, to congratulate him on his 90th birthday.

True  friendship  between our  schoolchildren and Lev Abramovich  lasts for years.  Lev Abramovich is a welcome guest at our school events, he is eager to help children to learn the truth about the most important pages of the history of our country. Lev Abramovich loves to reminisce about his school days. When he was a sсhoolboy, he studied at our school, which at that time was listed as number 317. A lot of things have changed since then but the main feature - school brotherhood - has remained.

Lev Abramovich warmly met us at his house. He talked about the odds of military life, funny frontline stories connected with him and his fellow soldiers.  Regrettably, nowadays older people do not have enough care and attention, so it was a very special day for him.

The visitors noticed a wonderful oil painting which caught their eyes.

It turned out that this interesting work was his first experience in drawing. "Can   you see the stitch? - He asked the guests. - This is the seam  of my military tunic. I pulled it on a stretcher, simply because I could not afford the canvas. Аfter the war I wanted to draw because the beauty of art helped me forget all the terrible things I saw out there''.

We wished him good health, prosperity and all the best. Аlso we made a memorable note in his veteran's book.

( translated by Victor Soldatenko, 11^th form )