Word: chimney
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Biggest Crematorium. "In the center of the camp stands a huge stone building with a factory chimney-the world's biggest crematorium. The Germans attempted to burn it but most of it still stands-a grim monument to the Third Reich...
...designers claim that the heater will cost much less and be cheaper to run than other automatic furnaces now on the market.* It needs only a small vent (instead of a full-size chimney), can be installed virtually anywhere in the house...
...chimney of No. 21 rue Le Sueur had often smoked annoyingly. But never had the fumes seemed such a nauseating insult to solid Parisian nostrils. A housewife across the street finally lost patience, phoned the police...
Dutifully a policeman came, found No. 21's door locked, the chimney still belching. Dutifully he summoned firemen. Together they broke into the house and into a stench so sickening that they vomited...
...kept the villagers informed of anti-Nazi activities. De Vaudois tied Fenton's arms with a rope, began to lead her to Gestapo headquarters. Suddenly a "wondrous and loud and wild" whoopee sounded above their heads. "Eas ily, gracefully as a jumper on skis, Bastineau came down the chimney's broad, wooden shaft, his arms spread like a diver's, his eyes and teeth pure white and savage in his face." His heel snapped de Vaudois's wrist with a crack, his hand snatched a pistol, pumped bullets through the Nazi's heart. "So-vengeance...