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Word: brutalitarian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Basilisk. To combat rebellion in Europe, it seemed logical that Germany should choose its bloodiest man. Reinhard Heydrich is six feet tall, lean, trim, yellow-haired, 37. He is pale, thin-nosed, thin-lipped. His features might be those of a great brutalitarian or a great ascetic. He is no ascetic. Within the Gestapo he has a fancy nickname, "The Green Basilisk." Most Germans call him simply der Henker (the Hangman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EUROPE: Pattern of Conquest | 2/23/1942 | See Source »

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