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Literature: City of Thieves "The birthplace of Bolshevism, that
city of thieves and maggots." -Hitler on Leningrad  A popular
2008 novel by David Benioff that takes place during the siege of
Leningrad.  In its concise 258 pages, it tells the story of Lev,
a timid Jew doing his best to survive the harsh winter with no
food or supplies. One day, while Lev and friends were on the
roof of the apartment building where they lived, they see a
German paratrooper fall from the sky (who has been dead since he
ejected from the cockpit), and they quickly rush to the body and
loot it (Lev gets a fancy German knife). While they're robbing
the corpse, the GAZ arrive to arrest them for illegal looting
(and by "arrest" we mean "shoot dead on the street"). His three
friends get away, but is caught after helping one go over a
fence. Instead of shooting him right then and there, they take
him to the Crosses, a famous convict prison, to spend the night.
There, Lev mee