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Word: beinert (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...footnote to "Autoeroticism" [July 22]: in 1963, during an Army hitch in Germany, I was taken to Josef Beinert for a job estimate on my car. Beinert, apparently part of a vanishing German remnant, eyed my features with suspicion. Taking my German friend aside, he said, "I guess we missed making soap out of him during the war." Two weeks later, he met his death as you describe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Aug. 5, 1966 | 8/5/1966 | See Source »

...burly Frankfurt garage owner, had wheeled up to a curbside stand one hot summer evening for a glass of chilled Apfelsaft (apple juice). He left his newly acquired sweetheart at the roadside, but kept an admiring eye on her sleek curves while he sipped. Next to Wacker stood Josef Beinert, 35, a balding, bull-necked gas-station attendant, who soon made it clear that he had nothing but contempt for Wacker's beloved. Words led to shoves, shoves to disaster: Wacker whipped out a revolver and shot Beinert dead. "I love my Mercedes," explained Wacker in court. "I couldn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Autoeroticism | 7/22/1966 | See Source »

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