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...Ousted in East Germany: Justice Minister Max Fechner. His replacement: a woman, swarthy Hilde Benjamin, 51, popularly known as the "Red Guillotine," a jurist with a reputation for dealing mercilessly with offenses against the Communist regime...
Said Communist Boss Wilhelm Pieck: "SED will not have the majority in Berlin." If his prediction is right, Russia is likely to abandon the party, and party leaders know it. Last week, a U.S. newsman, roaming through SED's Berlin headquarters, ran into fat, pink Max Fechner, leading Sedist candidate...
...Cried Fechner: "Very busy, very busy." "Naturally," replied the correspondent. "With the elections coming...
...Fechner grinned: "That's right. But you wait, after the election we'll have a long holiday...
...hours later another shift of MPs took over. The new sergeant made Fechner stand motionless with his face to the wall. After an hour and a half, the old man, an ex-concentration camp prisoner, collapsed. The sergeant ordered him up again. "You Nazi pig," he yelled, "for twelve years you raised your hand in the Nazi salute, and here you don't want to stand up!" At 2 a.m. the three Germans were turned over to the German police...