BELGIUM: Eleven Deaths

The Nazis thought that grey, 61-year-old George Deckers knew something about the Belgian underground movement. Maybe he did, but George Deckers was not saying. They marched him off, backed him against a wall. A firing squad took aim. But the squad lowered its rifles and George Deckers was marched back to his cell for further questioning. Still he was silent. Again he was marched to the wall. Again the squad did not fire, and George Deckers was returned to his cell for grilling.

During 18 months the Nazis did this to George Deckers ten times. The Belgian underground magazine La Libre...

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