Long Live Liberty
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Vincent Van Der Lyn: I was a school teacher in Holland. One morning I was writing a lesson on the blackboard. The Nazis came. They came so suddenly I didn't even have time to know what was happening. There were dead people in the streets. And a military band in the square. One of my pupils, a 14 year old boy, jumped to the blackboard and wrote three words on it: Long Live Liberty. A German officer shot that boy and arrested me. He arrested me for teaching dangerous thoughts. But, I escaped. Those who escape learn to hide, to do without food, without sleep, without rest. They also learn to throw bombs and cut wires, to blow up trains and destroy power stations. Many times a message left; so that when the Germans reach the scene, all they find is a wreck and a piece of paper with three words on it. The words a 14 year old boy wrote on the blackboard: Long Live Liberty
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I was a schoolteacher in Holland
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One morning I was writing a lesson on the blackboard
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The Nazis came
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They came so suddenly I didn't even have time to know what was happening
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There were dead people in the streets
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And a military band in the square
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One of my pupils a 14 year old boy jumped to the blackboard
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And wrote three words on it
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'Long Live Liberty'
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A German officer shot that boy
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And arrested me
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They arrested me for teaching dangerous thoughts
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But I escaped
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Those who escaped learned to hide to do without food without sleep and rest
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They also learned to throw bombs and cut wires
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To blow up trains and destroy power stations
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Many times a message is left
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So when the Germans reach the scene all they find is a wreck
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And a piece of paper with three words on it
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The words that 14 year old boy wrote on the blackboard
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'Long live liberty'
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Movie Summary
During WW2, in neutral Portugal, a Dutch resistance fighter is attempting to find passage to England while trying to avoid Nazi spies and Portuguese policemen.
