Word: altdorf
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Characteristically, the German press built up a horror campaign, screaming that Polish excesses toward Germans were "increasing in an alarming manner." In the village of Altdorf, said one report, "three Germans were beaten by Poles with clubs and wire whips and injured considerably because they spoke German." German divisions were moved up to Poland's western border. On their part, the Poles ordered Polish Nazis to take off their distinctive white socks, and moved new divisions into place opposite the German Army concentrations. In Danzig itself, newspapers reported that Adolf Hitler would be made an honorary citizen...
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