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Chapter 53

           Afileofmenmarchingroundtheislandharbor;apparentlyshotfromabove,outofsomeupper-storywindow."ThatisAntonintherear."Hehadaslightlimp.AndIalsoknewthatIwasforamomentwatchingtheunfakabletruth.BeyondthemenIcouldseeabroadquay,onwhichin1953stoodthelittleislandcustomsandcoastguardhouse.Iknewithadbeenbuiltsincethewar.Onthisfilmthequaywasbare.Thebeamwasextinguished,theenginestopped."There.Itookotherscenes,butonereeldeteriorated.ThosewereallIcouldsalvage."Hepaused,thenwenton."Theofficerresponsiblefor’stiffeningmorale’inthisareaofGreecewasanS.S.colonelcalledWimmel.WilhelmDietrichWimmel.BythetimeIamnowspeakingof,ResistancemovementshadbeguninGreece.Wherevertheterrainpermitted.Amongtheislands,ofcourse,onlyCreteallowedmaquisoperations.ButupinthenorthandoverthereinthePeloponnesusELASandtheothergroupshadbeguntoorganizethemselves.Armsweredroppedtothem.Trainedsaboteurs.WimmelwasbroughttoNauplia,latein1942,fromPoland,wherehehadhadagreatdealofsuccess.HewasresponsibleforthesouthwestofGreece,inwhichwewereincluded.Histechniquewassimple.Hehadapricelist.ForeveryGermanwounded,tenhostageswereexecuted;foreveryGermankilled,twenty.Asyoumayimagine,itwasasystemthatworked."HehadahandpickedcompanyofTeutonicmonstersunderhim,whodidtheinterrogating,torturing,executing,andtherest.Theywereknown,afterthebadgetheywore,asdieRaben.Theravens.

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