Poppe, once a leading figure at a scientific research institute, found a job as a swimming pool attendant

Victor Sebestyen
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Poppe, once a leading figure at a scientific research institute, found a job as a swimming pool attendant  "He was glad to have the job, but he didn't think that was what he wanted to do for the rest of his life. He was more interested in studying fish. He didn't see how getting splashed every day, making himself wet, smelling like chlorine, could be anything but horrible. But his wife convinced him that they needed the money."

Source: Revolution 1989: The Fall Of The Soviet Empire

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