The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-06-24
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 Ever. since the NasIs conquered Holland, the natives have been for- bidden to listen Co the Dutch broad cast from London, but most of them defy the regulation, at the risk of their lives .. one Dutch woman, who was recently caught listening to BEG (the British Broadcastlng Chain). was arrested. The infurt- ated 0estapo asked her what ex- planation she had to offer for her crime os tuning in on the verboten station .. T wanted to hear Hit. Ter speak," was her calm reply. "Hit- Ter said he was going to speak from London last September, and I'm still waiting for him."
 A Hollander placed c wreath on . statue in one of the public squares A oestapo agent who witnessed the cerelnony, figuring 1t was to corn- Tlaemorate the birthday of some Dutch patriot, didn't Tnolest the man After the fellow had dee parted, the Qestapo agent walked by the statue and, noticing that card was attached to the wreath, picked 1t up. On t was written: ITO the only man in Holland who doesn't listen to BHCp
 The German military authorities 11 Norway asked the Mayor Of c small town to submit to them list of the fifty most prominent citi- zeiis in his community. The NaSia said 1t was for possible consultation on the Tnunicipality's affairs. The Mayor, smelling a rat, submitted Q list containing the names of the towns leading Quislings 4 few weeks later, when the citizens of that town refused to obey on order Issued by the Nazis. they had the pleasure of seeing the fifty prominent citizens" bundled off tc c concentration camp as hostages for the town.
 During the early days of the Nazi occupation of Paris, whenever 0er- man officers entered Q cafe, the French patrons would promptly get up and walk out. This so ii1furi- ated the conquerorS that they Issued m edict forbidding Frenchmen tc leave ( cafe for at least fifteen minutes after the entrance of 6 Ger man officer ..'.. After that, when ever Q German officer walked into R cafe, the Frenchmen present would reach into their pockets and pull out small alarm clocks, which they set and placed on the table At the end of fifteen minutes, the alarms would 60 off all over the place, and the Frenchmen would rush for the doorsl
 Tn Holland, on Prince Bernhard'i birthday, oil loyal Dutch citizenl wore c white carnation, the Princes Savorite flower. as c symbol of dc. fiance to the 'Nazis. fingered bJ this display of "insolence" on tho part of the conquered people, thu NaZls went around tearing the car nations from the coats Of passersby A short while later, Dutcf sailors made their appearance or the streets and in cafes with car' nations prominently displayed or their chests. The Na1is soon de- sisted from tearing them off .. The carnations worn by the sailori contained ingeniouSly concealed razor blades.
 "Undergrcund," the Warnel thrillm dealing with the antt.Hit' Ter movement within Germany, re- veals some of the organization methods for carrying on It's dan gerous work. The anti.Nayis, foi Instance, stuff 6 batch of leaflet in . smokestack at night. Wfef the fireman opens the flue in thu morning, the leaflets are blown a over the streets.
 Another method is to balance board osl rooftop, like Q see-saw with the leaflets on one end. ant . slowly-leaking pail of water ot the toler. When all tho water ha1 leaked out of the pail. the Ieaflet drop to the street below 7. One the members Of the underground movement appeared throughout tn city of Berlin simultaneously sellinl phonograph records of the popula classics for the ridiculously loy price os five cents At the en' of half an hour, they disappeared aS suddenly as they had arrived, af ter selling 45y000 records. When tn purchasers got home, they discoy cred that after the first few bar of music, the records suddenly burS into an antl.Nazi speech An other pet stunt is to print ai1ti.Naz slogans on c coin and drop t on busy street Passersby, naturally pick tip the coin, but drop 1t lik a hot potato aS soon as they rec. the anti-Nazi slogans. Thousand read the slogans or the coin befor AAen saMa.a AtaM NAANlaA