Word: linz
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...from Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream, Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition (related to works of art), Rachmaninoff's Isle of the Dead (related to works of art), Satie's Three Pieces in the Shape of a Pair (related to works of art), Mozart's Symphony no. 36 ("Linz"), and Beethoven's Symphony...
Though German-born, Adolf Eichmann was raised in Austria, in Linz, the postcard prettiness of which was darkened during the '20s by the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire after World War I. Adolf's father lost his job as a factory manager; young Adolf had to quit college to get a job as a salesman. Like other middle-class youths with a grievance, Adolf Eichmann turned fascist. In Germany on business trips, he thrilled to the sight of brown-shirted Storm Troopers marching beneath swastika banners, and listened avidly to the Munich ravings of another product...