
Unsung Heroes
There are instances of heroic deeds that had no immediate witness, such as the Scholls''s attempt in 1943 to raise their nation''s conscience, suppressed by Hitler''s propaganda machine. The Canadian physicist Dr. Slotin acted in 1946; but since ''the bomb'' was supposed to be fail-safe, his feat was not released to the public. A KGB commissar gagged Captain Marinesco in 1945, just as Moscow''s ru...
There are instances of heroic deeds that had no immediate witness, such as the Scholls''s attempt in 1943 to raise their nation''s conscience, suppressed by Hitler''s propaganda machine. The Canadian physicist Dr. Slotin acted in 1946; but since ''the bomb'' was supposed to be fail-safe, his feat was not released to the public. A KGB commissar gagged Captain Marinesco in 1945, just as Moscow''s ru...