Word: gestapo
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Because he keeps the murder rate down, Archer keeps receiving such indulgences from Kellerman, a deceptively jolly Bavarian who affects the tweedy foibles of an English squire. Inevitably, it is bruited about that the Superintendent is Gestapo; he narrowly escapes two assassination attempts by the Resistance...
...rueful laugh Belisle recalls that when his own daughter was in first grade and the teacher asked what her father did, she replied, "My daddy swipes kids." Separating child from family is always a horrifying and legally difficult matter. "It's like being a member of the Gestapo," says Belisle. "As bad as you know the parents are, there they stand, in the doorway, screaming 'I love my child.' The neighbors gather, whispering and pointing. The mother starts calling you four-letter words. You may be helping the kid in the long...
...next day the French capital was treated to the surprising spectacle of a mass demonstration on the dissidents' behalf that brought together French Communist officials and Jewish groups, such as the Youths for Zionism. Arms linked, they marched through the street to the rhythmic chant UPI of "KGB equals Gestapo" and "Socialism, yes?Gulag...
...takes up desultorily with his brother's widow (Liv Ullmann). They are befriended by an acquaintance of their youth, now a doctor (Heinz Bennent) doing some sort of secret research at a nearby hospital. Since he carries himself in the manner of Helmut Dantine when he was playing Gestapo officers some 35 years ago, one can guess that the doctor's work is not going to earn him the thanks of a grateful world...
Unaware of his parentage, Loret suspected only that his father was an important German, probably a general. On Hitler's personal orders, Loret became a high-ranking French police official who worked closely with the Gestapo; even so, he was not prosecuted as a collaborator after the war. Only in 1948, three years before her death, did Charlotte tell her son that his father was Hitler. By that time Loret was married, and the news caused his wife to leave him. Of the couple's nine children, three live with Loret in St. Quentin, a French town north...