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...must be "carefully aged, like bottles of rare wine" before they could enter public life. And on the public roads, the previous occupants of these high seats, now paying the price of cooperation with Hitler, were playing the same drama as if they were still in it. "Please, Herr Oberregierungsrat," requested the ex-judge, "will you have the kindness to hand me that shovel?" "With the greatest of pleasure, Your Excellency," replies the ex-ministerial councillor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Outward Signs | 11/8/1948 | See Source »

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