Afterwards we looted the house and burned it, even destroying the horses and cattle.

Later all would have been completely burned, so that no traces remained, but you suddenly arrived and these stupid fellows at once betrayed us.' "It was a dastardly affair," continued the Lieutenant, as we returned to the station.

"The hair raised on my head as I listened to the calm description of this young woman, hardly more than a girl.

Only then did I fully realize what depravity Bolshevism had brought into the world, crushing out faith, fear of God and conscience.

Only then did I understand that all honest people must fight without compromise against this most dangerous enemy of mankind, so long as life and strength endure." As we walked I noticed at the side of the road a black spot.