Nor did these two know that they were going to be hanged until
they came marching up with their guards and saw the gallows. One
exclaimed in Polish, "My God! my God!" The other in Russian,
"So long, comrades," looking across and down the ranks, where
they stood in silence, thousands of comrades. Both mounted
the scaffold bravely, and went calmly to their deaths, without
resistance, without a sign of collapse. They were both young
lads. Anonymous to most. Two less among many, many hundreds
of thousands.       (Odd Nansen)