Word: milch
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Died. Erhard Milch, 79, protégé of Hermann GÖring who helped set up the Luftwaffe; in Lüneburg, West Germany. Milch organized flying schools and glider clubs during the period in which Germany was barred by treaty from having an air force. He also became managing director of Lufthansa during the '20s. GÖring valued his talent and loyalty so highly that he arranged to have Milch's Jewish paternity officially denied (his mother was non-Jewish). During World War II, Milch was made Luftwaffe chief of staff, a cabinet member...