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Why did Rober Holtzapfel die in the hospital and not on the ground?

describe what happened to Rober Holtzapfel. The Book Thief. Part Eight-Nine.

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Death explains how Michael's brother Robert died: on a freezing cold January day in Russia, Robert's legs were blown off. He was brought to the temporary hospital and died three days later, his brother at his side.

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