Word: brutality
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...attendant put it, "stopped tipping when her money ran low," was deserted in the throes of a fit. The story runs on in this manner to tell of sick being left to die, of aged beaten into submission, of inedible food, of medication by inexperienced and brutal attendants; no horror is absent, and the fact that it is told by the attendants themselves is eloquent proof of its veracity. Tam-many's record is long, but on no page is written more blood and suffering...
...express itself. Mr. Riggs has been clever enough to realize the wealth of artistic material in the vigorous, stinking lewdness of the small-time professional ring, and although he is hampered by a lack of highly skilled technical ability, he has succeeded well in congealing on paper, the brutal spirit of his subject...
...Nazi Germany," said Lord Dudley Marley, Vice-Chairman of the British House of Lords, and Chairman of the World Committee to Aid the Victims of the Nazi Regime. "We must not be fooled by Nazi censorship into thinking that the terror is over, for the torture is more brutal and there are more deaths from cruel treatment today than there were a year...
...have been fortunate enough to emigrate from the country. However, there are ten times as many within Germany who have not the money to escape. These are being hunted down and tortured horribly by Nazi storm troopers. Homes are being broken up, women raped, and thousands have died from brutal treatment...
...method is constant declaration of public opinion against Nazi atrocities. This pressure upon the Hitler government is very effective, and I urge all liberals and humanists to employ every means possible to let the German Consuls throughout the country know that the American people do not sympathize with the brutal policy of their government. The third way to combat Nazism is through aid to the victims and propaganda among the Germans themselves to teach them what is really going on behind the scenes in their country. It was for this purpose that my committee...