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Word: schlabrendorff (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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Conspirator Fabian von Schlabrendorff testified that he had been chained to a bed on the fourth floor of the notorious Prinz Albrechstrasse headquarters of the Reich Security Office. His body was stretched with mechanical devices, screws were driven into his thighs and thumbs. An SS man told him: "It has lasted a long time for the little admiral [Canaris]." Schlabrendorff asked the SS man if he wasn't sickened by his job. The shrugging reply: "We get a bonus of schnapps and blutwurst...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Hitler's Advocate | 2/26/1951 | See Source »

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