Three Miles Down

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by Harry Turtledove

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I have a question. I only have the audio. If you have kindle or print version can you tell me what Stieglitz asked Bronstein in Yiddish, just as he was about to leave the embassy? TIA!!
Owen Blacker “Nu, vus makht a Yid?” is how it’s printed in the Kindle version, in italics.

If I type that into Google Translate, it suggests „?נו וואס מאכט א ייד“, …more“Nu, vus makht a Yid?” is how it’s printed in the Kindle version, in italics.

If I type that into Google Translate, it suggests „?נו וואס מאכט א ייד“, which it translates to “Well, what makes a Jew?”, but the context suggests it’s more likely to mean something like “What's it like being a Jew [there]?”(less)
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