Word: aryanized
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...Mithras worshipers of ancient Londinium could come to life and attend a service of St. Paul's Cathedral not far from their temple, they would find many things, besides the arrangement of the interior, to remind them of their own faith. Of Aryan origin, Mithraism was one of the Oriental sects that contended for control of the declining Roman Empire. It came out second in the contest, but it had some things in common with Christianity, the winner...
...This section is mainly agricultural, and suffered comparatively little during the war. Furthermore, under Hitler it received many benefits such as army and slave labor. The citizens looked back on the days of Hitler, with the stirring military parades and the official praise of farmers as the backbone of Aryan Germany, with more regret for their passing than loathing of their horrors...
Died. Albert Basserman, 84, whose possession of the celebrated Iffland Ring* marked him as the foremost actor of German-speaking Europe; of a heart attack, soon after his plane from the U.S. landed in Zurich, Switzerland. In 1939, after the Nazis failed to persuade him to divorce his non-Aryan wife, Actress Else Schiff, Basserman at 72 fled with her to Switzerland and the U.S., started life all over again in Hollywood, acted with memorable brilliance in such movies as Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet, The Moon and Sixpence, Rhapsody in Blue...
...captious German movie critic once called her "die Oelige Ziege" (oily goat) because of the slippery way she slid around mountain peaks in her movies. But to Dictator Adolf Hitler, sinuous suntanned Leni Riefenstahl, the daughter of a Berlin plumber, seemed the perfect female embodiment of Aryan strength through joy. Under Adolf's patronage, Actress-Producer Leni became the reigning queen of German moviedom. Given the job of filming the 1936 Olympic games in Berlin, Leni produced a picture as artful as it was artistic. It took top critical honors at Italy's International Film Festival...
...they missed. The Nazis had employed one-sided instruction, orientation of all, and selection of the most devoted. "But soon after the universities were reopened in the Soviet zone the same principles in modified form were applied by the Soviet authorities. Now you no longer have to prove your Aryan ancestry, but instead you must establish descendant from proletarians...