sets of whole populations wherein the savage impulses of man were given full rein to express themselves in deeds of horror whose extent is incalculable. But for most of us these events are merely statistics whose reality staggers the imagination until we are tempted to say: "They just couldn't exist." The present volume, upon the basis of a brief outline of the history, mostly of Europe, presents an extraordinary collection of pictures, many of them photographs as well as copies of notable works of art, which portray vividly the actual scenes of horror. It is frankly a bitter and angry record of "man's inhumanity to man." Individuals and groups are scathingly indicted and it seems that the greater the figure as a historic character, the more ruthless and inhuman he becomes. Certainly the record bears out the theme that "power corrupts and unlimited power corrupts completely." It further seems that no supreme dictator has ever used his power to create general welfare. While tyranny with its crimes has not been restrained apparently by any motive, consanguinity, religion, ethics, or anything else short of superior force, it does seem that certain minorities in the population have been singled out for especially harsh treatment or victimization. And it is rather strange that the author has made no

Letters

HOW FREE ARE YOU? Gentlemen:

One friend says he MAY subscribe if a lawyer where he works feels it would be safe and not jeopardize his job. I get incensed to know that such a situation is true in this land of ours, supposedly a resort of individual free-

reference to the long-continued and vicious persecution and oppression of the sex deviationists who have suffered just about the whole range of diabolical invention from burning alive onward. In fact a whole chapter might be taken up with this aspect of the subject.

Perhaps the worst feature of the whole portrayal of the sordid history is the fact that man does not learn from his experience. Negroes are still being discriminated against, tortured, and killed in communities which boast of their cultural advancement and their membership in the "Free World"; Jews still suffer cruel and subtle insult on many sides in spite of their large and substantial contribution to the most advanced art and science of our times; nations and cities where wealth and luxury abound for the few sustain vast slums wherein the slow torture of starvation and disease may have little advantage over a quick and sharp death by bullet, sword, or bomb. If this book can arouse within us an indignation which will lead to a greater compassion towards all of our fellow men, including those who differ from us in physical and cultural traits, it will have served a most useful purpose. Homophiles should doubtless be among the first to learn this lesson.

T. M. M.

doms and "home of the brave." It makes more clear the tremendously urgent and great task before all Americans, whether homophile or not, to become militant and positive in their stand for what this country should be -not what it claims to be!

I still have my job with the Government and will soon start the eleventh week since my official notice." This delay, if it is that, is rather unusual I think.

Dear friends:

Mr. H. Washington, D. C.

Quite a purge is going on here with entrapment at an ever-increasing pace, more and more victims falling prey to this vicious attempt to wipe out the homosexual population from the city center.

I made the gross error of entertaining strangers brought by one claiming to be my