Word: reich
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Founded in 1811, the Krupp firm sold arms to all nations and all causes, became a symbol of Bismarck's blood & iron Reich under Alfred Krupp, the present Krupp's great-grandfather. During his trial, Alfred Krupp said: "As a member of the fifth generation which produced steel, the fourth generation which forged weapons, I should like to add one thing. Never in my parents' home . . . did I hear one word or experience one act which welcomed or promoted any war at any place or at any time. The symbol of our house does not depict...
Danaë had special significance for Salzburgers. Eight years ago, after the Allies had landed in Normandy and Hitler's Reich was girding for its last stand, all theaters were ordered closed and the Salzburg performances canceled. But as a concession to Strauss's great prestige, Goebbels authorized a single "dress rehearsal for technicians," of the composer's new opera. Next day, several members of the cast were handed rifles and drafted into the last-ditch Volkssturm army...
German art has not yet recovered from Hitler's Third Reich. The fourth annual exhibition at Munich's "Corn Palace"† last week told the story. There were 974 exhibits by 387 artists (mostly living in Bavaria). But in all the confusion of forms and styles, the only common purpose seemed to be a preoccupation with picking up right where they left off before the Nazis destroyed their paintings...
...trees, deep-throated horns would toot calls signaling each stage of the hunt (the sighting of a stag, the shot, the finding of the carcass). Because he sometimes killed half a dozen stags at a single sitting, trigger-happy Hermann was privately referred to by hunters as "the Reich's Slaughter Master...
...huskiness that Germans could well remember from such early Dietrich movies as The Blue Angel and from dozens of records (Jonny, Mein Blondes Baby, etc.). Actress Dietrich agreed. OSS picked familiar pop tunes and gave them brand-new German lyrics; Dietrich's recordings were broadcast to the Third Reich...