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...After Ribbentrop had finished with the Finns, he called a meeting of Germans in authoritative posts in Helsinki. Present were the Minister to Finland, Wipert von Blücher, the Gestapo chief and several other responsible officials. The grave-faced, pouch-eyed ex-champagne salesman spoke for an hour on Germany's international situation. She had lost the war, but could and would win the peace, he said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Next Time | 7/17/1944 | See Source »

After a week or so, the tyrant yielded slightly and fired his strongest supporter, General David H. Ordoñez, head of his Gestapo. The people were not appeased: they were after Ubico himself. At last, after twelve days, he handed his resignation to Congress, begged that his person and wealth be spared, set out for the frontier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GUATEMALA: Tyrant Down | 7/10/1944 | See Source »

Royal Progressive. The King was a believer in progress. He even let his wives leave the harem occasionally to go to a cremation. Twice a week, at midnight, the King held a secret council of the San Luang, the Royal Inquisition. This nocturnal Gestapo kept spies in all influential households, kidnapped subjects. It was dreaded. Its members communicated with each other by a stealthy, warning tapping...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Romance of the Harem | 7/10/1944 | See Source »

...shocked, silent House of Commons last week heard more about the Gestapo execution of 50 Allied air officers who had escaped from a German prison camp (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Criminals | 7/3/1944 | See Source »

...repatriated officer said that the 50 executed men were among 76 who escaped from Stalag Luft III, a huge camp about 100 miles from Berlin. The recaptured airmen were manacled, taken to a jail at Gorlitz. Gestapo agents told them: "Nobody knows you are here. You can disappear." All were killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: The Criminals | 7/3/1944 | See Source »

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