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206
Town clerk is told Gestapo does not require permission to conduct its business. Fahl statement. Air 40/2493/154.

206
“The corpses were cremated…” Schafer statement. Air 40/2493/156.

206
“No, I didn’t know their names…” Schafer statement. Air 40/2493/156.

206
Russian laborer suspects bodies are British or Australian officers. Schafer statement. Air 40/2493/156.

206
Tischendorf recalls the night of the murders. Tischendorf statement. Air 40/2493/138.

207
“I cannot remember the date and times very clearly…” Tischendorf statement. Air 40/2493/138.

207
Four airmen recaptured as they make their way through town, confess to being British officers. Linke statement. Air 40/2493/141.

207
“Concerning the escape proper…” Linke statement. Air 40/2493/141.

208
List of police record numbers for the recaptured men. Linke statement. Air 40/2493/141.

208
“In the built-up area of the town…” Linke statement. Air 40/2493/141.

208
Berlin notified of capture; Post shows up to take men away. Linke statement. Air 40/2493/141.

208
Typists confirm Post’s presence during interrogations. Christiansen statement. Air 40/2493/140; Rodenberg statement. Air 40/2493/153.

208
Clausen provides Oskar Schmidt’s name. Clausen statement. Air 40/2493/146.

209
“Officially, I had nothing to do with the case…” Mueller statement. Air 40/2493/152.

209
Kaehler, Jacobs, Franz and Oskar Schmidt are arrested. Andrews, pg. 222.

209
“This looks bad.” Andrews, pg. 222.

209
“sworn under penalty of death and degradation…” Investigation progress report: November 18, 1946. Air 40/2493/174.

209
Summary of Kiel murders. Investigation progress report: November 18, 1946. Air 40/2493/174-175.

210
Franz Schmidt hangs himself. Andrews, pg. 224; Investigation progress report: November 18, 1946. Air 40/2493/176.

210

Schlechter mann, schlechter mann
…” Andrews, pg. 224.

210
Oskar Schmidt details shootings and is summoned to chief’s office. Schmidt statement. Air 40/2493/170.

211
“He told me that he would merely believe…” Schmidt statement. Air 40/2493/170.

211
Jacobs details Post’s brutality, turns back on scene. Jacobs statement. Air 40/2493/164.

211
“I wish to emphasize…” Jacobs statement. Air 40/2493/164.

211
Kaehler says both Schmidts and Jacobs took part in shooting. Kaehler statement. Air 40/2493/159.

211
“All of the prisoners fell forward…” Kaehler statement. Air 40/2493/159.

212
“I can just as well recall…” Kaehler statement. Air 40/2493/160.

212
“I wish to finish this statement…” Kaehler statement. Air 40/2493/160.

212
Oskar Schmidt concedes he may have fired one shot. Schmidt statement. Air 40/2493/151.

212
“If Kaehler says that I shot…” Schmidt statement. Air 40/2493/151.

212
Arrest of Struve and Denkmann. Struve statement. Air 40/2493/166; Investigation progress report: November 18, 1946. Air 40/2493/173; Andrews, pg. 222.

212
Types of the cars used in the killing. Struve statement. Air 40/2493/166.

212
Struve drops off prisoners, hears shots fired. Struve statement. Air 40/2493/167.

212
“one loud detonation.” Struve statement. Air 40/2493/167.

212
“They are lying there.” Struve statement. Air 40/2493/167.

212
Struve peers over the bush and sees the bodies. Struve statement. Air 40/2493/167.

213
“On the return journey…” Struve statement. Air 40/2493/167.

213
“Sturmbannführer Schmidt and Kriminalkommissar Post…” Investigation progress report: November 18, 1946. Air 40/2493/175, 176-177.

213
“I believe this was the most-bitter winter…” Andrews, pg. 232.

213
“appalling.” Andrews, pg. 232.

213
Winter conditions kill twelve thousand Germans. MacDonogh, pg. 497.

213
“Whenever I recall the winter of 1946 to 1947…” Carl Zuckmayer quoted in MacDonogh, pg. 496.

213
“I shall never forget that drive…” Andrews, pg. 233.

213
“After the rigors of the winter…” Andrews, pg. 233.

213
Post and Schmidt’s postwar travels. Baumann statement. Air 40/2493/148.

215
Details regarding Schmidt’s clothing and family. Baumann statement. Air 40/2493/148.

215
Details regarding Post’s family and mistress. Baumann statement. Air 40/2493/148.

216
Raid on Heidt household; McKenna gets hands on photograph. Andrews, pg. 225; Investigation progress report: January 26, 1947. Air 40/2279/010.

216
Searching houses in Kiel, information provided by Heidt’s cousin, Post’s P.O. Box. Investigation progress report: January 26, 1947. Air 40/2279/010.

217
“From all police offices…” quoted in Bessel, pg. 55.

217
German military not immune to Nazi brutality; Berlin residents shot or hanged from trees. Bessel, pg. 63; Ryan, pg. 480.

217
List of war crimes against Allied soldiers and airmen. Cab 66/56/4.

219
“very old and an imbecile.” Investigation progress report: August 7, 1947. Air 40/2272/010.

219
Visiting Schmidt’s mother; two decades to find Schmidt. Investigation progress report: August 7, 1947. Air 40/2272/010; Andrews, pg. 231.

219
“spasmodic…of information given to various officials…” Investigation progress report: May 23, 1947. Air 40/2272/028.

219
Number and status of wanted men tracked down by the RAF. Loose minute: May 23, 1947. Air 40/2272/026-027.

219
Daniel hunts for Ziegler, interrogates the man’s mother, sister, and nephew. Andrews, pgs., 165–166; Investigation progress report: September 24, 1946. Air 40/2272/064.

220
McKenna notified of Pohlmann’s arrest. Investigation progress report: May 21, 1947. Air 40/2272/033.

220
“a haulage contractor.” Andrews, pg. 225.

220
“in connection with the murders of 300 people…” Investigation progress report: May 21, 1947. Air 40/2272/033.

220
McKenna travels to Minden to interview the prisoner. Investigation progress report: May 21, 1947. Air 40/2272/033.

220
McKenna studies prisoner through spy hole in cell door and examines picture of Post and Heidt. Andrews, pg. 226.

221
“That’s me. I am Post.” Andrews, pg. 226.

221
Catanach asks, “Why?” Andrews, pg. 231.

221
“How could you do such a thing as this?” Andrews, pg. 12.

221
“Inhuman! I was dealing with sub-humans…” Andrews, pg. 12.

222
McKenna and Bowes consider the Kiel case closed. Investigation progress report: June 30, 1947. Air 40/2492/020.

222
“It has now been established…” Investigation progress report: June 30, 1947. Air 40/2492/020.

222
“This can be considered…” Investigation progress report: June 30, 1947. Air 40/2492/021.

CHAPTER 14: REMEMBRANCE

223
McKenna distributes photo sheets. Air 40/2272/007-010; information provided by Schäfer’s wife. Air 40/2272/010.

223
Mug shots of wanted men are published in
Rogue’s Gallery.
Air 40/2272/007.

223
Ziegler is captured and commits suicide. Andrews, pg. 258.

223
Eighteen defendants go on trial in Hamburg. UNWCC, pg. 31.

224
Charges quoted in UNWCC, pg. 31.

224
Individual charges leveled against defendants. UNWCC, pgs. 31–32.

225
Specific charges against Wielen; all defendants plead not guilty. UNWCC, pg. 32.

225
“Owing to the
Grossfahndung
(the nation-wide search)…” UNWCC, pg. 35.

225
“I could not have been a National Socialist…” Carroll, pg. 297.

225
“the plea of superior orders.” UNWCC, pg. 46.

225
“International law must not place the subject…” UNWCC, pg. 50.

225
“My attitude is quite clear…” Andrews, pg. 256.

226
“statute or decree…” UNWCC, pg. 50.

226
“a British hospital ship which was sunk by a submarine.” UNWCC, pg. 48.

226
“Patzig’s order does not free the accused of guilt.” UNWCC, pg. 48.

226
“infringement of civil or military law.” UNWCC, pg. 48.

226
“liable to punishment.” UNWCC, pg. 48.

226
“The term ‘war crime’ is a technical expression…” UNWCC, pg. 51.

226
“on the uncorroborated evidence…” UNWCC, pg. 51.

226
“that the evidence given was true.” UNWCC, pg. 51.

227
Zacharias claims he was penetrated by an electric probe. Andrews, pg. 145.

227
“information on Gestapo hot-iron methods…” Andrews, pg. 145.

227
Zacharias made to strip and kneel for hours. Andrews, pg. 145.

227
“I can only die once…” Andrews, pg. 145.

227
Testimony: “I did not want…I could not get a confession of torture.” Reproduced in Andrews, pg. 145.

227
Testimony: “Surely as a British soldier…singular punishments were given in the London Cage?” Reproduced in Scotland, pgs. 155–156.

228
“Yes.” Scotland, pg. 156.

228
“If that were true…” Scotland, pg. 156.

228
“would become common property.” Scotland, pgs. 156–157.

228
“manufactured tales.” Scotland, pg. 158.

228
“the brutal fate of those fifty RAF officers.” Scotland, pg. 158.

228
“I did not make this statement upon oath…” Andrews, pg. 147.

229
“It was to be expected that the world…” Scotland, pgs. 158, 159.

229
“It is only when you lose the war…” Andrews, pg. 255.

229
Details of the defendants on the stand come from Scotland, pg. 154.

230
Exchange between Judge Advocate and Schimmel: “Why did you not carry…passing on the order to another official.” Andrews, pgs. 254, 255.

230
Court considerations when determining verdicts. UNWCC, pg. 52.

230
Verdicts rendered by the court. UNWCC, pgs. 52, 57-58.

230
Russians inform the British that Scharpwinkel is dead. Andrews, pg. 258.

231
Second trial, verdicts, and sentences. Davies, pgs. 143–144;
New York Times,
November 7, 1948.

231
Death of Absalon, OBE honors for McKenna and Bowes. Andrews, pg. 258.

232
British Foreign Secretary announces an end to war crimes prosecutions. Andrews, pg. 258.

232
Schäfer never charged in Munich murders. Andrews, pg. 259.

232
Venediger and Schmidt eventually come out of hiding and each receives two years for their involvement in the Sagan murders. Andrews, pg. 260.

233
“by British authorities as an act of clemency.”
New York Times,
October 25, 1952.

233
“duty to avoid capture” and “duty to escape.” Davies, pg. 173.

233
“didn’t see escaping as a sport…” Davies, pg. 173.

233
The seventy-two men identified by the RAF and their fates. Andrews, pg. 261.

INDEX

Page numbers in italic indicate photographs; those followed by “n” indicate notes.

Absalon, Gunther (SS), xiv, 36–37, 42–45, 189, 190, 232

Absalon (Gunther’s wife), 44–45

Absalon, Paul and Martha (Gunther’s parents), 42–44

Achter, Josef (Munich Gestapo), 113–114

Achterberg, Kurt (Danzig Gestapo), xv, 163–166

A.E.L. Nordmark Concentration Camp, 220

Air Directorate of Intelligence, 73

American Authorities’ Headquarters in Wiesbaden, 40–41

American Occupation Zone, 38, 40, 41, 62, 99, 109, 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 117, 121, 124, 138, 151, 153, 166, 181, 223

Auschwitz concentration camp, 155

Australian murdered escapees, 31.
See also specific murdered escapees

Austria, 84, 85, 86, 121

Baatz, Bernhard (Liberec Gestapo), xvi, 103, 104, 104n

barbarity of Nazi Party, 216–218, 221

Barkworth, Bill (Major), 131–132, 137–138

Battle of the Bulge, 118

Baum, Abraham J. (Captain), 119, 120–121

Baumann (Gestapo driver), 214–216, 218

Bavaria/Bavarian Alps, 81, 118, 127

Bavarian Police Gazette,
162

BBC, 94–95

Belgium, 33

Belsen internment camp, 45–46, 155

Bender (Saarbrücken
Kripo
), 151–152

Berghof at Obersalzberg, 13

Bergsland, Peter (Lieutenant), 33

Berlin, Germany, 10, 20, 21, 45, 58, 59, 60, 64, 100, 202, 208

Bethell, R. A. (Flight Lieutenant), 171–172, 174, 245

Bevin, Ernest (British Foreign Secretary), 232

Birkland, Henry (Flying Officer),
viii,
189, 239

Blackpool Borough Police, 32, 41, 232

Blenheim bombers, 191–192

Blitzkrieg on France and Low Countries, 3

Blum, Frau, 165–167

Boll, Wilhelm (mortician laborer), 25–26, 27

Boschert, Heinrich (Karlsruhe Gestapo), xv

Cochran murder, 134, 135, 137, 139, 140–141, 224

Sagan Case trial, 224, 229, 230

Bowes, Wilfred “Freddie” (Wing Commander), xiii, 219.
See also
Special Investigating Branch (SIB), RAF

background of, 72

final report on Sagan Case, 222

killing field examined by, 83

Kiowsky interrogation, 77–81, 83

Krupa and, 84

Landhaus Brichta hotel raid, 85–86

Lyon and, 101, 103

McKenna and, 72, 84, 85, 87, 100, 142, 222

mural of Gestapo satyrs, 77

Order of the British Empire, 232

Pankratz prison atrocities, 76–77, 82

Polish uncooperation in Breslau, 105–106

Russians and, 100

Sawerthal and, 103–104

Schauschütz interrogation, 74–76

Stalag Luft III visit, 106–107

Urbanek and, 81

Vaca and, 76–77

van der Bijil’s letter and, 72

Venediger and, 232

Zacharias interrogation, 86–89

Zlín Frontier Police headquarters, 81–83

Brandt, 167.
See also
Bruchardt, Reinhold (Venediger’s right-hand man)

Braune (Colonel,
kommandant
of Stalag Luft III), 28–30, 31

Breithaupt, Walter (Spann’s driver)

Bushell and Scheidhauer murders, 153–156, 224, 230

Bremen, Germany, 40, 86, 106

Breslau (Gestapo and
Kripo
), xiv.
See also specific members

defense of Breslau, 50, 51, 56, 62, 174–175

investigation of, 105–106, 107, 162, 171, 173, 174, 175, 176–179, 180–190

murder of recaptured Stalag Luft III escapees, 17

recapture of escapees, 17, 34, 49

responsibility for Stalag Luft III, 13–14

Russian Occupation Zone and, 39, 40, 45, 47, 56

Sagan region jurisdiction, 36

Breslau evacuees interviews, 47, 48–51

Brettell, Edward (Flight Lieutenant),
viii,
96, 162–170, 231, 239

British Army of the Rhine (BAOR), 205

British government’s promise to bring killers to justice, 31, 32, 33, 98.
See also
Special Investigating Branch (SIB), RAF

British Intelligence, 34, 45, 62, 65.
See also
London Cage

British Military Court, 223.
See also
Sagan Case trial

British murdered escapees, 31.
See also specific murdered escapees

British Occupation Zone, 38, 40, 58, 62, 66, 99, 117, 141, 151, 153, 158, 205, 208, 223

Brno/Zlín (Gestapo and
Kripo
), xiv–xv.
See also specific members

investigation of, 73–84

van der Bijil and, 64, 65–67, 72

Zlín Frontier Police headquarters, 81–83

Broli (Major), 246

Bruchardt, Reinhold (Venediger’s right-hand man), xv, 164, 165, 166–170, 231

Brüx, Germany, 101, 103, 105

Buchenwald concentration camp, 14, 155

Bull, Lester (Flight Lieutenant),
viii,
100–101, 102, 103, 104, 239

Bushell, Roger Joyce “Big X” (Squadron Leader),
viii,
239

background of, 2–3

escape artist, 3–4, 11, 146–149, 234

murder of, 98, 149–150, 150–159, 162, 218, 224, 230

X-Organization, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 204

Canadian murdered escapees, 31.
See also specific murdered escapees

Carter (Flight Lieutenant), 247

Casey, Mike (Flight Lieutenant),
viii,
186, 239

Catanach, James (Squadron Leader),
viii,
239

background of, 201–203

escape from Stalag Luft III, 20–21

murder of, 19, 20, 22–26, 162, 201, 208, 209, 210–211, 212–213, 221, 222, 224, 230, 231, 232–233

recapture of, 21, 22, 202,
202

Central Registry of Prisoners of War, 18

Central Registry of War Criminals and Security Suspects (CROWCASS), 38, 196

Central Security Office, Berlin, 16, 16n, 21, 38, 39, 75, 114, 181, 192, 232

Christensen, Arnold (Pilot Officer),
viii,
239

background of, 202,
202,
203–204

escape from Stalag Luft III, 20–21

murder of, 19, 20, 22–26, 27, 162, 201, 208, 209, 210–211, 212–213, 221, 222, 224, 230, 231, 232–233

recapture of, 21, 22, 202,
202

Churchill, S. A. “Dick” (Flight Lieutenant), 171–172, 174

Clausen, Herman (Kiel Security Police), 208

Cochran, Dennis (Flying Officer),
viii,
240

background of, 129–130

escape from Stalag Luft III, 130, 247

murder of, 130, 132–138, 138–142, 162, 192–193, 224, 229, 230

recapture of, 130

cold case, 32, 33–42

Colditz concentration camp, 4, 103, 147

Cologne, Germany, 40, 57, 202

compass factory, X-Organization, 7, 10, 171, 245

concentration camps, xv, 14–15, 64, 65, 110, 131, 187.
See also specific concentration camps

“cooler, the” (solitary confinement), 28, 30

Cornish, M. S. (Captain), 184–186, 187, 188

Counter Intelligence Corps (CIC), U.S., 86, 87, 166, 199

Courtney, Stephen (Flight Lieutenant), xiii.
See also
Special Investigating Branch (SIB), RAF

Achter interrogation, 113–114

Fritz (German Shepherd), 62, 96

Gassner interrogation, 110–112

Geith interrogation, 124–127

Graes interrogation, 96–99, 163

Greiner interrogation, 112–113

Hebberling interrogation, 127–128

internment camps canvassing, 62–63, 109, 113, 117–118, 121

McKenna and, 62–63

Schneider interrogation, 121–124

Smit and, 62

Weil interrogation, 115–117

cremation of murdered escapees, 15, 19, 25–27, 31, 40, 41, 83–84, 89, 96, 101, 103–104, 105, 109, 112, 115, 126, 130, 133, 136, 150, 153, 155, 169, 171–172, 173, 174, 178, 197, 199, 205–206, 209

Criminal Police.
See Kriminalpolizei (Kripo)

Cross, Ian (Squadron Leader),
viii,
186, 240

cyanide capsules for suicide, 54, 64, 232

Czech Army Intelligence, 76

Czech girl raped and murdered by Zacharias, 93–94

Czech murders ordered by Hitler, 147

Czechoslovakia, 17, 64–65, 72, 73, 85, 101, 102, 161, 162n, 227

Czechoslovakian murdered escapee, 243.
See also specific murdered escapee

Czech Security Police, 103, 222

Dachau concentration camp, 62–63, 115, 138, 195, 198

Dakota transports, 36, 39, 90, 103

Daniel, R. M. (Flight Sergeant), xiii, 176–179, 182–184, 219–220

Danzig (Gestapo and
Kripo
), xv, 39, 96, 97, 98, 162–170.
See also specific members

Denkmann, Artur (Kiel Gestapo driver), xv

Catanach, Christensen, Espelid, and Fuglesang murders, 23, 209–210, 212–213, 224

Denmark, 17, 204, 214

Dick tunnel, 4, 9

Diels, Rudolf, 57, 58

Dingermann, Gustav (Saabrücken
Kripo
), 149–150, 150–151

disguises of escapees, 7, 9, 70, 71, 101, 130, 148, 245

Dissner, Max (Strasbourg Gestapo), xvi, 197, 198, 199–200

Distinguished Flying Cross, 203

dreams of McKenna, 47–48

Dulag Luft transit camp, 2, 129, 144–146

Düsseldorf, Germany, 40, 42, 43, 44, 140

“duty pilots,” 5

“duty” to escape, 27, 28, 233

Eastern Cemetery, Munich, 126

Eden, Anthony (British Foreign Secretary), 31, 32, 35, 98, 126–127

Egypt, 108

Einsatzgruppen
B, 181–182

escapees (seventy-six), 11, 13, 25, 29, 30, 33.
See also
Great Escape, The

escape from Stalag Luft III, 9–11, 28, 33, 34, 49, 148.
See also
Great Escape, The

escape-proof design of Stalag Luft III, 1–2

escapes from prison camps plaguing Germany, 14–15, 16.
See also
Great Escape, The

Espelid, Hallada (Lieutenant),
viii,
240

background of, 204–205

escape from Stalag Luft III, 21

murder of, 19, 20, 22–26, 26–27, 162, 201, 208, 209, 210–211, 212–213, 221, 222, 224, 230, 231, 232–233

recapture of, 21, 202,
202

Evans, Brian (Flight Lieutenant),
viii,
172–173, 189, 240

excavated dirt, hiding, 2, 6

execution list by Nebe, 18, 181

execution of Stalag Luft escapees and Scharpwinkel, 17, 34, 36, 47, 176–179, 185–186, 187–188, 189, 222.
See also
murders of escapees (fifty) by Gestapo

exhaustion of McKenna, 132

exit order, 9–10

Fanshawe, Peter (Lieutenant Commander), 6

“ferrets,” 2, 5, 8–9

Fifty, The,
viii–ix,
15–16, 17, 18, 31, 41, 222, 239–243.
See also
Great Escape, The; Special Investigating Branch (SIB), RAF;
specific murdered escapees

final report on Sagan Case, 222

First World War (WWI), 27, 91, 206, 226

Flensburg, Germany, 19, 21, 22, 205, 208, 209, 215

Focke-Wulf 190 fighters, 205

“following orders,” 20, 23, 29, 67, 74, 88, 116, 124, 127, 133, 134, 137, 139, 140, 141–142, 153, 158–159, 169, 177, 179, 186, 195, 210, 224, 225–226, 228, 229, 230

forgery department, X-Organization, 6–7, 10, 11, 71, 130

4th Armored Division, Third Army, 119–121

14th Armored Division, Third Army, 121

France, 3

Frankfurt, Germany, 3, 40, 41, 87, 130, 144

Free French, 148

French breakout from Oflag XVII-A, 14

French murdered escapee, 31.
See also specific murdered escapee

French Occupation Zone, 38, 40, 75, 99, 100, 131, 151, 157, 158, 223

French Resistance, 33, 130, 148

French War Crimes and Political Prisoners Bureau in Paris, 99

Freshour (Lieutenant), 86, 87

Frontier Police.
See
Zlín, Frontier Police

Fuglesang, Nils (Lieutenant),
viii,
240

background of, 205

escape from Stalag Luft III, 21

murder of, 19, 20, 22–26, 26–27, 162, 201, 208, 209, 210–211, 212–213, 221, 222, 224, 230, 231, 232–233

recapture of, 21, 202,
202

Ganninger, Otto (Deputy Commandant of Natzweiler), xv, 135–136, 137, 138

Garmisch-Partenkirchen internment camp, 110

Gassner, Anton (Munich
Kripo
), xvi, 110–112

Gehrum, Julius (Strasbourg Gestapo), 195

Geith, Eduard (Munich Gestapo), xvi

Gouws and Stevens murders, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 122, 123–124, 124–127, 224

Sagan Case trial, 224, 229, 230

Geneva Convention, 30, 92

German Military Penal Code,
226

Germany.
See also
American Occupation Zone; British Occupation Zone; French Occupation Zone; Gestapo; Great Escape, The; Hitler, Adolf;
Kriminalpolizei (Kripo);
Nazi Party; Russian Occupation Zone

citizens murdering Allies, 143–144

concentration camps, xv, 14–15, 64, 65, 110, 131, 187

escapes from prison camps plaguing Germany, 14–15, 16

highway banditry, 179–180

interrogations of POWs, 144–145

Luftwaffe,
13, 30, 63, 73, 106, 129, 144, 149, 173, 174

microphones used by, 2, 4, 8, 145–146

National Socialism, 181

Oberkommando der Wehrmacht
(Army High Command), 13

records, destroyed, 21, 64, 81, 117, 127, 141, 208

ruins of, 39, 40, 43, 45, 52, 54, 143, 179

Sicherheitsdienst
(SD), 53

solitary confinement for POWs, 144, 145, 146

Stufe Römisch III
order, 15

Volkssturm
(Home Guard), 174

Wehrmacht,
49, 56, 149, 150

winter of 1946-1947, 213–214

Gestapo, xiv–xvi.
See also
Breslau (Gestapo and
Kripo
); Brno/Zlín (Gestapo and
Kripo
)
;
Munich (Gestapo and
Kripo
);
specific members

Counter Espionage Branch, 115

cremation of murdered escapees, 15, 19, 25–27, 31, 40, 41, 83–84, 89, 96, 101, 103–104, 105, 109, 112, 115, 126, 130, 133, 136, 150, 153, 155, 169, 171–172, 173, 174, 178, 197, 199, 205–206, 209

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