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Page 89
... oppressor's myrmidons to violate our Holy Place , disturb our prayers and desecrate our Festival . On the following New Year1 ( ten days before the Day of Atonement ) we recalled the shame and our decision . We deter- mined not to ...
... oppressor's myrmidons to violate our Holy Place , disturb our prayers and desecrate our Festival . On the following New Year1 ( ten days before the Day of Atonement ) we recalled the shame and our decision . We deter- mined not to ...
Page 144
... oppressor in his efforts to break the backbone of the revolt and to extinguish the fire which inspired it . Mass ... oppressors wanted to break the spirits and bodies of the prisoners , among whom were some of our best officers and men ...
... oppressor in his efforts to break the backbone of the revolt and to extinguish the fire which inspired it . Mass ... oppressors wanted to break the spirits and bodies of the prisoners , among whom were some of our best officers and men ...
Page 152
... oppressor . In that hope and with that faith , we said , it was worth while enduring grievous suffering . We dared not destroy our faith by opening a bloody abyss between those who were still brothers and might yet become comrades in ...
... oppressor . In that hope and with that faith , we said , it was worth while enduring grievous suffering . We dared not destroy our faith by opening a bloody abyss between those who were still brothers and might yet become comrades in ...
Contents
THE GATEWAY TO FREEDOM | 1 |
LAND OF OUR FATHERS | 12 |
AU REVOIR IN FREEDOM | 23 |
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