(Preceding image) A Danish Nazi rally held in 1940.

Courage is never alone, for it has fear as its ever-present companion.

—Shlomo Breznitz

Two of my friends have disappeared, so the rest of us are pretty worried.

—Kim Malthe-Bruun, December 3, 1944

martial law (n): military government, involving the suspension of ordinary law.

plenipotentiary (n): a person, especially a diplomat, invested with the full power of independent action on behalf of his or her government, typically in a foreign country.

rescue (v): to save (someone) from a dangerous or difficult situation.