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...Russian arms could not roll far beyond Russia's borders. One-third of the Red Army was already demobilized (see FOREIGN NEWS), and millions more would soon be returning to farms and fac tories. Russia's prospects of expansion by world revolution had seldom been slim mer. All over Europe, men looked else where than toward Communism for a kind of security and dignity that their prewar systems had failed to insure them. In consequence the Communist parties, far from being all-powerful or irresistible, were on the defensive-a fact which in part explained Russia...
Familiarity with the eager German wom en, the fresh-faced German young, bred forgetfulness of Belsen and Buchenwald and Oswieczim. The bodies were buried; the memory was all but buried. Even at the trial of Belsen's "beast," Josef Kr#228;mer and his staff, the evoked horror was stale...
...followers' gratitude and energy have kept the church's business humming mer rily. War-weary travelers who stop at the church's hotels are pleasantly surprised by the good service. Signs in the lobbies bear the startling legend: "Please do not tip the personnel; they are here to serve you and God." Meals are good since The Voice controls his source of supply...
...harbors-the British at Arromanches, the U.S. at Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer-were nearly complete on D-plus-13, when a furious gale struck the invasion coast, all but wiped out the U.S. installation, seriously damaged the British...
...Paris doctor donated 5,000 francs and Publisher Bruller bought the necessary paper bit by bit on the black market. Under the pseudonym "Vercors" he also wrote the Editions' first volume, Le Silence de la Mer (later translated as The Silence of the Sea and published in LIFE Oct. 11, 1943). Working secretly nights and Sundays, Underground Printer Ernest Aulard handset the Editions' first volumes, later managed to obtain a linotype...