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“The proverb says: “Freedom spoils, and lack of freedom teaches.””

“On arrival they were tipped into big pits that had already been prepared and buried alive. Not out of brutality, no. It had been ascertained that when dragging and lifting them, it was much easier to cope with living people than with corpses. This work went on for many nights at Adak. And that is how the moral-political unity of our Party was achieved.”

“Europe, of course, won’t believe it. Not until Europe itself serves time will she believe it. Europe has believed our glossy magazines and can’t get anything else into her head.”

“If black astonished head lice are crawling on the face of your neighbor on the bunks, it is a sure sign of death.”