Word: freitag
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...hasty changes made in a German town as U.S. tanks approach: an old Nazi triumphantly reveals that his housekeeper is half Jewish; panicky Gauleiter and Kreis-leiter are sheltered in hospitals; a satisfactory "antifascist" working man is thrust into jail ("Wouldn't you like another blanket, Herr Freitag? Two more perhaps?") in the hope that the American conquerors will rescue him and make him burgomaster...
...drive to cut the work week (from an average 48.7 hr.) has gathered momentum. Last week West German miners voted to strike, if necessary, for an eventual 40-hour week. Other key unions, e.g., steel and ironworkers, were expected to follow suit. Within five years, said D.G. Boss Walter Freitag, he hopes to convince employers throughout West Germany that weekends are wonderful indeed...