Word: nazi
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Parties of the extreme left or right hold little attraction for the great majority of West German voters, who remember all too well Germany's disastrous plunge into Nazi extremism in the 1930s. As a bulwark against political radicalism, the West German Constitution bans all parties that espouse principles inconsistent with a free and democratic society. Despite these psychological and legal barriers, parties of both the far left and far right were once again troublesomely active last week in West Germany...
Died. Sir Ambrose Sherwill, 78, longtime bailiff (civil head) of the Channel island of Guernsey, which, with the isles of Jersey, Sark and Alderney, was the only bit of Britain occupied by the Nazis during World War II; in Guernsey. Guernsey was "taken" in 1940 by the crews of four transport planes. But Sherwill and the Guernsey folk made life miserable for the Germans, helping P.O.W.s to escape, and reporting every Nazi move to London...
...wealthy lawyer who traced his ancestry to the nation's first Attorney General, Civil Libertarian Biddle often objected to the decisions of the times-as when thousands of Japanese nationals were interned following the attack on Pearl Harbor. He felt no qualms, however, in dealing with eight Nazi agents smuggled into the country in 1942, and demanded stiff sentences (six were executed). At Nurnberg, he staunchly defended the legality of the trials, noting that "criminal acts are committed by individuals, not by nations...
...Eichmann, his testimony at the trial, histories of the war -anything relevant. But Goldman isn't a symbol of Eichmann, Christ, or anyone else. I agree with Pinter. This is a play,' he said at the first reading, 'about a Jew who pretends to be a Nazi and finally turns out to be a Jew. Right? Now let's get on with...
Jarred into political consciousness in the middle '30s by the ravages of the Depression on his students and the rise of Nazi Germany, Oppenheimer became too suddenly a social activist, naively lending his support to Communist as well as liberal causes. By the time the U.S. entered World War II, however, Oppenheimer had become disenchanted with Communism. Called upon to head the Los Alamos atom-bomb laboratory after a brilliant teaching career at Berkeley, he turned to his new assignment with ferocious energy, wasting away to 116 Ibs., but performing what even his enemies admit was a "magnificent...