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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Frau Koch, widow of a former Buchenwald commandant, is known as the Bitch of Buchenwald. At her trial she was convicted of having prisoners beaten to death, of using their skins as lampshades and other ornaments, and of taking part in the common design of cruelty in the camp. The most damaging testimony was presented by her own defense witnesses...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Frau Ilse Koch | 9/29/1948 | See Source »

...matter of record that, in the six games between Columbia and Harvard, Columbia has never beaten, tied or even scored on the Crimson. Unfortunately, the last contest in this series was played...

Author: By Sedgwick W. Green, | Title: Lou Little Weeps, But Lions Will Still Field a Strong Team Oct. 2 | 9/27/1948 | See Source »

...matter of record that, in the six games between Columbia has never beaten, tied or even scored on the Crimson. Unfortunately, the last contest in this series was played...

Author: By Sedgwick W. Green, (SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON) | Title: Lou Little Weeps, But Lions Will Still Field a Strong Team Oct. 2 | 9/23/1948 | See Source »

...bleak prisoner-of-war camp at Oeyama, he was vengefully nicknamed "The Meatball." He was a bespectacled, bandy-legged little man who took a savage delight in mistreating captured G.I.s. Under "The Meatball's" regime, U.S. prisoners were, often beaten, ducked in the camp cesspool, forced to work even when sick. One was clubbed into temporary insanity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TREASON: The Meatball | 9/13/1948 | See Source »

...take the cup. But in the doubles match this week, on the second day of play, Gardnar Mulloy and Billy Talbert were too much for Sidwell and Colin Long, winning 8-6, 9-7, 2-6, 7-5. For the fourth time in their five meetings, the U.S. had beaten Australia for the Davis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Cruel, Isn't It? | 9/13/1948 | See Source »

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