Word: purgee
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The Value of Petain. In the beginning, Marshal Petain had been a natural for Hitler. The old man was a totalitarian and a collaborationist who was also known to many Frenchmen as a French patriot. With his help the French Fleet and the French African bases were neutralized, forming a...
Sand Hogs of Local 147, International Hod Carriers, Building & Common Laborers Union, wrote A.F. of L.'s President William Green, asking him to purge the racketeers from their union. Said the sand hogs: "The 'take' by racketeers in this field goes far beyond anything ever dreamed of...
In his long and devious career foxy old Franz von Papen has been frequently hunted. In 1932, when he was Germany's Chancellor, a suspicious-looking Mrs. Paul Budde was arrested in the Chancellery with a twelve-inch dagger concealed on her person. In 1934 Papen was on Adolf...
Most of the execution warrants for the Blood Purge of June 30, 1934 were signed in the clear, steady hand of Reinhard Heydrich. Sending two of his lieutenants to keep tabs on the Munich murders, Heydrich supervised the Berlin end of the massacre, found time to take personal care of...
Nikolai Mikhailovich Shvernik, Secretary since 1930 of the Ail-Union Central Council of Trade Unions, is a big man in his home country, a great man for telling Soviet workmen a thing or two. Sole survivor of the Central Council purge of 1937, he has since expounded the line at...