Word: bundsman
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...German-American Bund, where he succeeded Fritz Kuhn. Wilhelm Kunze had lived quietly in a small hotel, had bought a launch for an escape by sea. Hustled back to the U.S., he awaits trial on a charge of having conspired to send military information to Germany and Japan. Bundsman Kunze, a native-born citizen, always listed himself as German-American, because "the blood in my veins is different." The offense charged was before Pearl Harbor-so he, too, if convicted, will escape a spy's death...
Berlin's broadcasts to the U.S. being in general too dull for any but the beeriest Bundsman, Goebbels & Co. have tried various publicity dodges (such as paying for collect cablegrams) to stir up interest. Fortnight ago CBS's short-wave listening station heard Lord Haw-Haw introduced; then a voice said, in German, "Switch that off." Later it was announced to America that Haw-Haw had been "banned from the air." But England continued to hear His Lordship on his usual schedule. Last week Lord Haw-Haw explained that he had been "banned" not by Germany...
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