Word: purgee
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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The dates June 27 to 30 inclusive have nothing to do with the history of Heidelberg, says "Nature", and explanation for this choice lies in the fact that this is the anniversary of the Nazi purge in 1934. Since 1933, 44 professors have been dismissed from Heidelberg by the National...
Since numerous Nazis were convicted of murder in the German courts before Adolf Hitler came to power, and since the "Blood Purge" he ordered as Chancellor included such outright Nazi murders as the shooting of General and Frau Kurt von Schleicher in their home (TIME, July 9, 1934), this blanket...
But Hillier and his banker backers consider Sacker's private army a menace, now that it has served its purpose, and plan to disband it. Sacker, who cannot believe that his adored friend Hillier would double-cross him, thinks he would be unofficially glad to have his hand forced...
Second Eclipse? Events had not moved sufficiently far this week to determine whether the new order means a fresh eclipse of the Storm Troops. Their power waned greatly after the "Blood Purge" (TIME, July 9, 1934), but in 1935 strongly waxed again. Somewhat of an enigma, Adolf Hitler keeps Germans...
Such stuff stared Clevelanders in the face last week as they opened their newspapers. Cartoon strips told the tale of the businessman who nearly lost wife & job for lack of a cup of tea. And a Robert Ripleyan page of wonders graphically illustrated the fact that if all the tea...