Word: undergrounders
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Exiled Italians looked to him as a leader, chose him last summer as one of the heads of the liberal Action Party that now, under the home-front guidance of doughty Emilio Lussu, is one of the united underground groups struggling to shape Italy's destiny. When chafing Carlo Sforza last week showed Cordell Hull an urgent summons from the Italian underground, the Secretary of State gave permission for the trip home. Said Cordell Hull: "I see, your moral duty is to go. We will be glad if you do. But, of course, you go as a private citizen...
Horak got back to Prague. Underground leaders, knowing he was marked for death, and anxious to preserve history, started him on a long, dangerous journey to the Czech Government in Exile in London...
...twelve months Karl Horak wandered over Europe, working his way westward. Always the Czech Government anxiously followed his trail, while the underground strained to keep him one step ahead of the Gestapo. Last week came news that the trail had faded out three months ago, somewhere in France. Whether the Gestapo finally caught up with Karl Horak, whether his memories proved too much for him, none knew...
Incautious Conspirator. After the book had been printed, it was realized that incautious Conspirator Shiber had used the real name of the principal character. So all copies of that version of Paris-Underground were destroyed. In the present version, the principal character is called Kitty Beaurepos. She was the daughter of a London banker, kept a small dress shop, lived in a pleasant apartment near the Arc de Triomphe. When her husband died, Mrs. Shiber shared Kitty's apartment for three tranquil years. Then the Nazis overran France and the two women tried to flee by automobile. The Nazis...
...Underground Author Shiber means, not an underground political movement, but an underground railroad such as fugitive slaves used...