Word: hitler
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Charges by Ilya Ehrenberg in the Pravda, official Moscow newspaper, stating that Heinrich Bruening, professor of Government, was "the Fuehrer of the German Catholics" and had put forth "his candidacy as the heir to Hitler" were termed by Professor Bruening Sunday evening in an interview with the SERVICE NEWS as "utter nonsense--every word--from beginning...
Such Germans now feel that Naziism- the only "nationalism" they have known since Hitler came to power-was forced on them by the Nazi Party zealots, most of whom had fled when the Americans arrived. The ordinary German blames Hitler not for beginning the war, but for losing it; not for killing Jews, but for bringing the Allied world down upon the Germany where Jews were killed...
Building the Bastion. Meanwhile, the Nazis went ahead with preparations for their last stand. In Bolzano and Klagenfurt concentrations of 55 troops were reported, and work was being rushed on fortifications. Hitler's own Berchtesgaden was said to be another strongpoint. According to the stories reaching neutral capitals, the mountains around the Nazi strongpoints now bristle with defense works, repair shops, arms and munition depots. The caves of the ancient salt mines around Königs-See have been converted into subterranean hangars and air-dromes; into factories making guns, planes and synthetic gasoline...
Died. Alexander Granach, 54, Polish-born stage & screen actor (A Bell for Adano, The Seventh Cross), pre-Hitler German star; following an emergency appendectomy; in Manhattan. He once played the title role in Yiddish in the pioneer anti-Nazi play, Professor Mam-lock, for 300 performances in Poland...
Hotel Berlin (Warner), complete with undergrounders, traitors and hot & cold running Nazis, turns Vicki Baum's old Grand Hotel formula to topical account. Its salient characters: an old-line general (Raymond Massey) trying to escape the consequences of plotting against Hitler's life; a diplomat (Henry Daniell) who is sorry he can't help him; a Goebbelsesque Gestapoman (George Coulouris) who gets thrown down an elevator shaft; an actress (Andrea King) who will help or betray anyone to keep herself safe; a handsome anti-fascist fugitive (Helmut Dantine) who gets help from her, and kills her when...