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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...much on display is the Death's Head Brigade, whose main job is to guard the concentration camps. Their activities have, however, caused much comment. When the Nazis took over in 1933 Herr Himmler established his first concentration camp near Dachau, Bavaria. There, 150 unemployed members of the SS guarded some 2,000 Communists, Social Democrats and assorted dissenters whose freedom was generally regarded as dangerous to the newborn State. By the time of the June purge in 1934, the number of "enemies of the State" had increased to 7,000 and new camps, at Sachsenhausen near Berlin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Secret Policeman | 4/24/1939 | See Source »

Some of the best material in years combines to make the second and third crews perhaps the most outstanding subvarsity eighth in quite a while. And, although Tom Bolles withholds any definite comment on the prospects of the Varsity boat, he has said definitely that this year's Jayvee boats are the best in two years...

Author: By William W. Tyng, | Title: Second and Third Varsity Crews Shape Up as Best in Last Two Years---Bolles | 4/20/1939 | See Source »

...Warm Springs Roosevelt had less relaxation than usual. He made no public comment on the speeches of Adolf Hitler at Wilhelmshaven, of Neville Chamberlain in Parliament (see p. 19), but he talked long on the telephone with his foreign relations experts both at Washington and abroad. While he vacationed his special train stood ready on a siding 70 miles from Warm Springs for a quick return to the Capital. "A source close to the President" gave out that Adolf Hitler must be plotting to extend his conquests beyond Europe into Asia, into the Americas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE PRESIDENCY: Southward Bound | 4/10/1939 | See Source »

...Mein Kampf Fiihrer Hitler recalls that his association with "robust" boys during his unhappy childhood "caused my mother much grief.'' His comment on his mother's death: "I had respected my father, but I loved my mother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Hitler Had a Mother | 4/10/1939 | See Source »

...avoid scenes at table, serve attractive, tasty dishes in small helpings, be cheerful, never nag. If a child still fails to eat, remove his plate after 20 minutes without comment...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Pointers for Parents | 3/27/1939 | See Source »

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