Word: sagen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...sermon denouncing the Nazi regime and philosophy. The Gestapo came at once to arrest the bishop, but he managed to flee to Switzerland. However, his sermon had been printed, and the villagers were keeping copies of it carefully hidden. Some of them showed it to us, warning us "nicht sagen...
...effect. "If I were to distribute poverty justly, we would all surely remain poor," he insisted. "It seemed to be more important to overcome poverty than to distribute it." U.S. General Lucius Clay backed him, and throughout a grim winter of rising prices and shortages, Erhard kept up Seelenmas-sagen (soul massages), in the form of radio speeches and newspaper articles. Over and over he predicted: "Prices will start to drop in the spring." Panic buying trailed off, production rose and prices did fall...