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===== While his brothers wrote manifestos in verse or sound, Artur, still a boy, was already forming habits of control. He collected neighborhood rumors, tracked who visited whom, and began filing things into what he called his “Administrative Memory.” =====

By age 14, Artur was working part-time as a clerk for a Jewish-owned import firm. He showed an unnerving skill for form-filling, inventory management, and quietly “editing” reports to align with the expected narrative.

When asked later how he survived so well under Stalin, Artur would reply:

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