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... . But fortune did not smile on these underground fighters . The arms - store specified in their briefing was empty . And so they left the camp empty- handed . Strangely enough nobody had detected their true identity ORDEAL OF THE GALLOWS.
... . But fortune did not smile on these underground fighters . The arms - store specified in their briefing was empty . And so they left the camp empty- handed . Strangely enough nobody had detected their true identity ORDEAL OF THE GALLOWS.
Page 290
... gallows with gallows . But the days were black as starless nights . Why did the British carry our these senseless executions ? - despite our warnings and the pleas of others ? Maybe there still echoed in their ears the injunction of ...
... gallows with gallows . But the days were black as starless nights . Why did the British carry our these senseless executions ? - despite our warnings and the pleas of others ? Maybe there still echoed in their ears the injunction of ...
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... gallows . They decided - not in Jerusalem , but in London - to lift the shattered prestige of their regime by means of the hangman's rope . Early in the morning of 17th April , 1947 , Gruner , Drezner , Alkoshi and Kashani were hanged ...
... gallows . They decided - not in Jerusalem , but in London - to lift the shattered prestige of their regime by means of the hangman's rope . Early in the morning of 17th April , 1947 , Gruner , Drezner , Alkoshi and Kashani were hanged ...
Contents
LAND OF OUR FATHERS | 12 |
AU REVOIR IN FREEDOM | 23 |
IV WE FIGHT THEREFORE WE ARE | 26 |
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