Word: adolf
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Said one of the Wehrmacht's favorite apologists, Lieut. General Kurt Diettmar: "We started this war with different conceptions from those we hold now. Many illusions were shattered. . . . We realize that such an adversary cannot be knocked out with one blow." Inasmuch as Adolf Hitler conceived the invasion of Russia, this remark constituted indirect criticism of the intuitive Führer...
...romantic love of their homeland and their nostalgia for past glories, he espoused the cult of Romanism. He fancied himself a new Julius Caesar, was courted by the world's big shots, loved to be called leonine and at the same time "father of his people." He helped Adolf Hitler to power, was mastered by his pupil. Trapped by his own illusions of grandeur, he led his people into war in an unholy alliance with Germany and Japan. By 1943 he had lost his Empire, and Allied bombs and bayonets threatened to chase him into...
...kind, easygoing people of The Netherlands flamed with anger at the latest Nazi measure against Holland's Jews; an order for sterilization of Jews who marry what Adolf Hitler calls Aryans. So did their churches. Last week Roman Catholic and Protestant church leaders drew up a stern joint protest, sent it to Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Reich Commissioner for The Netherlands...
...archeologist of distinction, a quiet, intelligent man who gives the impression of having closely scrutinized the world and found that it has to be accepted, Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf represents the stolid virtues of his people. At 60 he plays tennis, as does his father, King Gustaf V, who is nearly 85 years old. He is better at golf, which his father disdains as an old man's game. Last week, speaking English with an Oxford accent, he oozed charm and cordiality to the visiting American journalists. His people like him personally better than they like the King...
...Prince has been married twice, first to Margaret, daughter of Britain's Duke of Connaught and granddaughter of Queen Victoria, who bore him four sons and a daughter. The eldest son and heir apparent to the throne is Prince Gustaf Adolf, a mere youngster of 37 with three charming daughters, Margaretha, Birgitta and Désirée.* The daughter, Ingrid, is married to Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark. The second son, Sigvard, married a commoner. The other two sons, Bertil and Carl Johan, are with the Swedish Navy and Army...