This day, in 1944, the Siege of Leningrad was lifted. 900 days of horror.
But, in that time, the great art treasures of The Hermitage were hidden.
Shostakovich composed his Seventh Symphony.
Amid the wreckage of their city and their lives, students sat and passed
their university exams.
By this day, 27 January, 650,000 people died. But the human spirit endured
and life went on.
At a speech given today by Enda Kenny in Dublin reference was made to the anniversary of the significant date.
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