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Part Three: The Volftsun Siblings 133 sense, as her other siblings were considerably older. Rosa, for example, was 10 years older, but that didn't stop the sisters om fighting over clothes. "I lived in a shadow," Manya recalls. "Whenever my brother or sisters went to the cinema, I wanted to go as well." When Inna went to a dance club, Manya asked to go and was brokenhearted when Inna said no. Like that of her siblings, Manya's early life was uprooted twice: first, when the family relocated om Gorodok to Moscow, and a second time when the war forced the evacuation om Moscow to Tashkent. The Tashkent years were full of deprivation and hard work, she recalls. She remembered visiting Inna at the factory where her sister worked and bringing her soup for lunch. Food was always scarce and Manya felt proud for doing her share to support the family. Manya talks about the walnut trees near their home in Tashkent. She would collect the walnuts and then prepare the nuts for the dinner table. On other occasions, she would walk to the wheat fields surrounding Tashkent. Then, like her ancestors in the Holy Land, she would pick up the stalks of wheat that the Far le: Margarita London in Moscow, 1973. Le: Yefim London in Moscow, 1960. harvesting machines missed. By hand she would shell out the grains and then boil them for soup. Manya eventually joined her brother and sisters in the workforce. Her first job was in a factory that manufactured condoms. Her mother had to explain to Manya what a condom was. Aer the war, Manya completed her education, graduating with two degrees om the Moscow Teacher Training Institute. She started teaching at a local high school and soon her diligence got her promoted to positions of increasing responsibility and prestige. For the last two decades of her career, Manya served in Moscow as deputy chief of schools, supervising more than 100 preschools. This level of responsibility allowed Manya's family to live a good life. Ultimately she had a large apartment, a private automobile and, rarer still, a private garage in which to park the car. Manya met her beloved husband Naum London, born on November 9, 1928, in Ulanov, Ukraine, thanks to an introduction om her father. "He was a true believer,"

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