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Word: erz (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Having been surreptitiously in the Eastern German city of Aue, the "head of the mountains" in the Erz Gebirge which is a headquarters of the Soviet pitchblende mining enterprise, I should like to report an additional service . . . performed by these Bergfrauen. In the Russian army, as in the late Wehrmacht, commanding officers are authorized to provide bordellos for their commands . . . This aspect of uranium mining (it is actually published in leaflets, which seek to lure workers to the mines) does not seem to have the desired drawing power, however, so more direct methods for the procurement of labor are resorted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Sep. 25, 1950 | 9/25/1950 | See Source »

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