Word: abajo
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Renacimiento Theatre for the showing of a German propaganda film, The Siegfried Line. They did not know that 100-odd young Argentine hotbloods. mostly athletes and amateur boxers, had also decided to see The Siegfried Line that night. When the Nazis began shouting "Heil Hitler!" the natives responded with "Abajo Hitler!" and a barrage of jumbo firecrackers. The lights went on, women screamed, and the Argentines systematically went to work on the Hitlerites. Police who tried to break up the melee had their clubs snatched and used on the Germans. Two score Argentines were arrested and released next day. Showing...