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Page 35
... fire engines stood on the road in the tremendous glare of the fire . Suddenly came the drone of a plane and a German bomber flew low over our heads . I think everyone expected a bomb or two , but nobody moved . The plane plugged away ...
... fire engines stood on the road in the tremendous glare of the fire . Suddenly came the drone of a plane and a German bomber flew low over our heads . I think everyone expected a bomb or two , but nobody moved . The plane plugged away ...
Page 58
... fire burning in the centre of the hall , and he would have been given a mighty feast on plates of gold or silver , and wine or mead in golden cups from silver flagons . In 1940 the descendants of the Scottish serf and the ghetto Jew ...
... fire burning in the centre of the hall , and he would have been given a mighty feast on plates of gold or silver , and wine or mead in golden cups from silver flagons . In 1940 the descendants of the Scottish serf and the ghetto Jew ...
Page 64
... fire - engines and fire- men still playing their hoses on burning ruins and every now and again I met a policeman . A pall of smoke hung just above one's head and everywhere there was an acrid smell of burning . Every now and again ...
... fire - engines and fire- men still playing their hoses on burning ruins and every now and again I met a policeman . A pall of smoke hung just above one's head and everywhere there was an acrid smell of burning . Every now and again ...
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