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...first heard of the cross eight years ago; it had been stashed away in a Swiss bank vault by an Austrian collector. It was carved from seven pieces of walrus tusk, a distinctly North European material; and from such traits of style as "damp folds"-garments that cling smoothly around the anatomy-Met Associate Curator of Medieval Art Thomas P. F. Hoving deduced that the cross was from late 12th century England...
Even for Gentiles. Owned by four Austrian-born brothers named Knoll, the Deborah is named after their devoutly Orthodox mother, who was so shocked by the Sabbath violations at Tel Aviv's other hotels that she insisted on building a first-rate place where Jews could stay in good conscience. Most hotels for Orthodox Jews are little bet ter than boarding houses, but the Deborah would look impressive even in Miami Beach. Its 16 stories make it the tallest hotel in Israel, and the high quality of its food and service has even attracted Gentile guests, who are offered...
...opera takes place in a small Austrian village in the middle of the eighteenth century. Hanswurst, a chimney-sweep, is madly in love with Columbina, whose father is Odario, the town money-grubber. Odario tries to wed his daughter to the richest man he can find, and he picks priggish Fleandar, a wig-curler in the guise of a nobleman. From there on, the plot takes every traditional turn imaginable, with ghosts peering from balconies and men dressed as women. By the end, of course, the good Hanswurst gains the hand of the sweet Columbina, Odario wins the coveted Stone...
Some guards could not sleep well at night unless they had beaten someone to death during the day, recalled Dr. Otto Wolken, 60, an Austrian physician at Auschwitz. Calmly pointing out one defendant, Stephan Baretzki, Wolken explained how the guard organized "rabbit hunts." A prisoner would kneel down before Baretzki. At the order "Go, go," the inmate would scamper away on all fours. Then he was shot in the back. While the police dogs at Auschwitz slept in warm, clean kennels with concrete floors, humans were housed in filthy, crowded barracks where they lapped the muddy floor...
...TWENTIETH CENTURY (CBS, 6-6:30 p.m.). "The Agony of Austria," a recounting of the 1938 Anschluss, featuring an interview with Kurt von Schuschnigg, who was Austrian Chancellor when the Nazis annexed the country, now is a professor at St. Louis University...