Children who may babble innocently to the police have always been a danger to underground workers. Last week a story from the liberated Netherlands told how one Dutch Resistance leader solved the problem. With a Gestapo price on his head, the man used to slip home now & again to play with his baby son. He taught the child his first two Dutch words: "Pappie dood!" (Daddy dead!).
A week before the arrival of Allied troops, the Gestapo made a last attempt to trap the Resistance leader. They surrounded his house, seized his...
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