I described the Serb atrocities: killing civilians, burning villages, and driving people from their homes, sixty thousand in the last five weeks, a quarter million in all.

我还描述了塞族人的种种暴行：杀害平民，烧毁村庄，让总共25万人流离失所，过去五周里就有6万。

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He employed a scorched-earth policy, destroying villages and burning crops.

他采取了焦土政策，摧毁村庄并烧掉了庄稼。

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At the time, Jewish people were being driven out of Eastern Europe, often escaping to the sounds of gunfire and the light from their villages burning to the ground.

当时，犹太人被逐出东欧，常常是在枪声中和把村庄化为灰烬的大火中逃离。

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"They were burning villages ... sending people into the forest without giving them anything to eat, " Ponchaud said.

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