Of course, everything at this time was topsy-turvy in the Magdeburg office. I was assigned sleeping quarters in the attic of the Crystal Palace, which was the name this well-known building had before it was bought with American Watchtower dollars. There was no staircase as yet, and we had to climb to our sleeping quarters by use of a ladder. Some of the brethren jokingly said that by means of this ladder they were ascending and descending the Watchtower Hell, in contrast to Jacob’s ladder. Those