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Card #c178IR // #c178Synthesis

The Gestapo wanted all of them: that way this dawn raid would remain a secret, with all those who had witnessed it remaining safely mute in custody.

— In our words · Source: The Traitors Circle (Jonathan Freedland)

[Use when]

When a cover-up looks like over-arrest rather than under-reporting.

[Why it matters]

Secrecy is engineered by locking the audience — custody as mute button.

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