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...r your consideration © 2006-2007 All Rights Reserved Based on hundreds of newly-discovered documents in archives the world over – now … ... ...7 All Rights Reserved Based on hundreds of newly-discovered documents in archives the world over – now … THE HITLER FILE Israel Sarid Roth is... ...hives the world over – now … THE HITLER FILE Israel Sarid Roth is the only son of two survivors of the Holocaust. When his boss at the Genocide... ... – now … THE HITLER FILE Israel Sarid Roth is the only son of two survivors of the Holocaust. When his boss at the Genocide Monitoring Group se... ... Goebbels, Heydrich – they were all Mischlinge. Himmler and I had proof, of course. Courtesy of Rohm.” – he gave a malevolent chuckle. He bent ov... ... not sure how to take my backhanded compliment. He coughs nervously and the mask of courtly and infinitely tolerant schoolmaster crumbles momentaril... ..., not 420.” “What? What, what?” “204.” – she repeated – “The Germans, like all Europeans, place the day before the month: 20 th April, not Apr... ...est. Like many of your race you thought you could escape the long arm of historical justice by doing what your coreligionists do best: scatter and f... ...to a close it was clear that the West is fast acquiring a new adversary: the Soviet Union. They were all over Europe, closing fast on Germany, Italy...

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... “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book One Touch Down Return to Earth “. . . And ... ...o Earth “. . . And Gulliver Returns” 2 --In Search of Utopia— “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-... ... © 2008 ISBN 978-0-9823076-0-1 3 Table of Contents THE RETURN FROM SPACE ...................................................... ............................................................................ 4 THE GOOD LIFE .............................................................. ...t to look at how the United Colonies seem to have perverted the concepts of justice and democracy which have led them away from any utopian goals. I ... ...where from Dockweiler to Zuma, he needed a place to unwind. With the tennis court next to the house, the Universal Gym downstairs and the lake a quar... ...cages with very little food. Their adult daughter testified against them in court saying she had also been mistreated physically, emotionally and se... ...him starring in films, coaching football, or becoming a gigolo for some rich European princess—but a priest? “Of course my life couldn’t have been pr... ...anything seems to be possible. While the oft quoted remark of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes (10) that “you don’t have the right to yell...

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