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The Crush at Bethnal Creek
It's not till about 12 o'clock at night they finally get all the bodies there. There's a 172 crushes to death. 100 and 7 crushes. Most of them, they're reflexiated. What is fascinating is that it's always been today. It wasn't murder. It was just a classic British cock up. In this country, unfortunately, you always have to kill people first before you learn it. At least the early front, the second castle, the worst barriers to hold back the worst. They've got a wonderful scapegoat called the Jews. And that is the reason I'm fairly certain the awful lot of this was held back because nobody looks good. That
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