Word: heinrichs
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From the time he was a child growing up in Ankershagen, Germany, in the early part of the 19th century, Heinrich Schliemann knew his destiny. He vowed that when he was a man, he'd prove that the people, places and events that had entranced him in Homer's Iliad--Helen and Agamemnon, the siege of Troy and the magnificent city itself--were more than just legends. Or so he later wrote. Like many of Schliemann's tales, this one may have been a trifle exaggerated. "In general, scholars accept the fact that Schliemann told a great many lies," says...
...nationalistic appeal and makes scientific sense as well. Modern archaeologists like to study objects in context to try to unravel how, why and by whom they were used. Clearly, having Priam's Treasure on hand would help them do that--finally making the discoveries of the brilliant and devious Heinrich Schliemann fully as important as he thought they were...
...with the war lost, German troops gradually abandoned the prison camps in Eastern Europe. SS chief Heinrich Himmler decreed that even Jews should be treated decently--presumably to erase the evidence of war crimes. Instead, camp guards embarked on the notorious death marches, forcing emaciated, sickly Jewish prisoners to walk barefoot, sometimes through snow, for 15 miles a day or more. "Jewish survivors report with virtual unanimity German cruelties and killings until the very end," Goldhagen writes...
...addition to comparing Scott Singer to Jefferson Davis, the Society has linked Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield '53 to Ku Klux Klan Imperial Wizard David Duke and Visiting Lecturer George F. Will to SS Reichsfuchrer Heinrich Himmler...
...constructive Saturday letter, "Heritage Society is Appalling" (letter, Sept. 30, 1995). Singer was angered by our Friday jubilee in Government 1091: Liberalism and Conservatism in American Politics, where we presented the David Duke Award in Faculty Excellence to Kenan Professor of Government Harvey C. Mansfield and the Heinrich Himmler Award in Social Vision to George F. Will...