This little tidbit, which comes on the very last page of the new NYRB, just about makes up for the truly cringe-​inspiring arti­cle on blogs by Sarah Boxer (which includes an instruc­tion for read­ing emoti­cons that actu­ally begins, “Tilt your head to the left…”):

No one can be sure how wide­spread sab­o­tage by muni­tions work­ers was, but there is plenty of anec­do­tal evi­dence, includ­ing a story I can con­tribute myself. A German bomb fell through the roof of my wife’s grandmother’s house in the East End of London in 1943 and lodged, unex­ploded, in her bed­room wardrobe. When the bomb dis­posal unit opened it up, they found a note inside. “Don’t worry, English,” it said, “we’re with you. Polish workers.”

It’s from Richard J. Evans’s response to a letter by John Diebold.