Word: polizei
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...general bitterness, most of the delegations had also brought their own spies. Baron Hager, president of the Austrian Oberste Polizei und Censur Hofstelle, sent secret reports daily to Emperor Francis. Sample: "The Emperor of Russia went out at 7 p.m. . . . to visit the Princess Thurn and Taxis. Every morning a large block of ice is brought to the Emperor with which he washes his face. . . . The British Mission, owing to excessive caution, has engaged two housemaids on its own. Before I can get at [their] waste paper ... I must see whether I can count on these two women...
Firm Backing. Still Niehoff fought on, his resolute face to his foe, his sensitive back to the implacable figure of Ernst Streckenbach, commanding the Nazi 55 Polizei Truppen in Breslau. The Nazis wanted this town held, to tie down the Soviet assault armies yet a few days more, to deny the Russians a good communications hub. They wanted Breslau held to raise the German spirit...