Word: hrers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...beginning it had been a different story. Then the Führer graciously opened German ranks for non-German volunteers who wanted to help in the mass extermination of Communism. Gaunt, gimpy little Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels cunningly stressed racial and religious differences to realize the Führer's vision of allied legions swarming from Europe's four corners...
...question able honor but material gain. The "Legion of French Volunteers Against Bolshevism," endorsed by Vichy, offered recruits a tidy 40 francs a day (against the ten francs paid by France's "Armistice Army"). In German uniforms and tricolor brassards, they swore fealty to the Reichsführer and were exhorted to avenge Napoleon's retreat from Moscow. Men with families in concentration camps learned that joining the legion would free them...
...D.N.B.'s diplomatic correspondent in Berlin came an almost frenzied reminder that "whether this or that politician or this or that general is responsible for defeat is immaterial." The question, said D.N.B., is: "'Why did France declare war' on Germany, knowing full well the Führer's desire for peace...
Slick sequence : escaping to England in Hitler's private transport plane, which they have impersonated their way into, the Polish actors invite Hitler's pilots to leave the controls and come into the cabin for a word with the phony Führer. They heil the impersonator and intone: "Yes, mein Führer." Pointing to the open cabin door, he commands: "Jump!" Without hesitation or parachutes, they jump...
During the weeks just before Hess's flight to Britain, Bormann began to replace him ceremonially. He marched in Hess's place directly behind Hitler during the Führer's birthday celebration in April 1941. Since Hess's flight. Bormann has seen Hitler regularly, even on the Russian front...