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...late Baron von Bose] put it to me only a few hours before he was murdered by S.S. men"; "As a near relative of Göring put it to me," etc. One hot tip came from the only man outside Germany of the three persons who had seen Hindenburg's will. ("From a casual phrase dropped at a dinner party somewhere in Europe I stumbled on the fact. . . . This 'third man' seemed flabbergasted for a moment at my detection...
...held his chancellory of Germany from March 30, 1930, to May 29, 1932, under President Hindenburg, during which time he was known for his financial ability and for his willingness to pass measures even when the Raichstag voted against them. His reforms caused much furor and eventually were the cause of his downfall...
...this week more than 50% of the built-up area of the city was in Russian hands. From the houses in Hindenburg Square Red Army men looked down on the moat and ancient Gothic buildings of the inner town...
...ugly Dabrowa district of hilly southern Silesia, the Russians scored a vast victory this week. Beuthen, Katowice, Hindenburg, Gleiwitz, Sosnowiec-the complex of mining, refining, steelmaking, oil-synthesizing cities-were in Russian hands...
...north Rokossovsky's forces, with a thundering echo of history, pierced a memorable spot: Tannenberg. There the Russians looked upon the huge tomb of Marshal Paul von Hindenburg, There Hindenburg and Adolf Hitler's onetime mentor, Ludendorff, had cut to pieces a Russian army in one of World War I's classic victories. When the Germans struck in 1914, the Russians were at the same points they passed this week-Gumbinnen in the northeast, Tannenberg in the south. But this time there were also vast differences : 1) Ludendorff's daring now appeared to be possessed...