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Word: municheers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...daughter of a onetime professor. As a young girl she was apprenticed to Munich Photographer Heinrich Hoffman, the Führer's old friend and official photographer, who was an acquaintance of the Braun family. A vivacious blonde, she used to mix cocktails and play the accordion for Hitler and the struggling Nazi group. "Today," says the Post, "Evi considers her accordion undignified and plays only the mandolin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: More About Evi | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

...When the Nazis finally achieved undisputed power over Germany, one of the first things Hitler did was obtain a house for Evi in a fashionable district in Munich. It was listed in the directory under her own name: 'Wasserburgerstrasse 12; telephone 480844.' The Nazis considered it natural that Evi's years of faithful service should thus be rewarded, and her relationship to Hitler remained undefined. . . . She began referring to him as her betrothed. ... He also built for Evi a small house adjoining his own great estate at Berchtesgaden, and made a point of paying for this with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: More About Evi | 12/18/1939 | See Source »

...letter, which was addressed simply to Harvard University, went on to blame England for causing war and thus depriving Germany of a peaceful Christmas season. "We offer gratitude toward the good Lord for the wonderful protection of our beloved Fuehrer at Munich," it stated...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: GERMAN PROPAGANDA OFFICE GIVES COLLEGE XMAS GIFT | 12/16/1939 | See Source »

Said Britain's lion-maned, pernickety old David Lloyd George: "Perhaps after all Chamberlain was responsible for the Munich bomb outrage; the explosion was 15 minutes late...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Dec. 4, 1939 | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

...Before Munich the British Air Ministry cast its eye about for a source of Empire-built aircraft out of the reach of Hitler's bombers. The Ministry's eye fixed on Canada. The week before Chamberlain and Daladier signed away the life of Czecho-Slovakia, the Dominion got a new company: Canadian Associated Aircraft, Ltd. It was formed with Government blessing to coordinate aircraft orders from Britain. All its stock is held by six Canadian aircraft makers. The six: Canadian Car & Foundry Co., Fairchild Aircraft, National Steel Car Corp., Canadian Vickers, Fleet Aircraft, Ottawa Car & Aircraft...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: War in Canada | 12/4/1939 | See Source »

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