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Word: brennscheidt (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1947-1947
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...others took the stand; they said much the same thing. There was practical, slight Ernst Brennscheidt, a civilian government employee who might have been working in Berlin today if he had not been sent to Sachsenhausen to test army shoes. His methods were simple. For 14 hours a day, beating them when they dropped, he had marched prison inmates carrying 50-lb. sandbags around & around a half-mile track until the shoes wore out. Then he knew which shoes were faulty...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR CRIMES,Poor Misguided People: Poor Misguided People | 11/10/1947 | See Source »

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