Word: speer
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Like thousands of other German youngsters, Hilde Speer, a button-bright 16-year-old student at Heidelberg's Elisabeth von Thadden School, would like nothing better than a chance to go to an American school. She saw her chance last spring in a notice in the local paper: a number of German youngsters were going to be sent to the U.S. as exchange students. Hilde wrote a letter stating her reason for wanting to go: "I want to become acquainted with the people [of the U.S.], the poor as well as the rich, the land, the big cities...
Then State Department officials in Washington made an embarrassing discovery: Hilde's father is Albert Speer, an architect and administrative genius who became head of Germany's economic mobilization in 1942; he is now serving 20 years as a convicted war criminal. Last week the department took Hilde's name off the list. Officials explained that they were not prejudiced against the girl on account of her father's past, but merely wanted to save her from painful embarrassment. It cited recent instances where social invitations to German exchange students in the Midwest were cancelled after...
...imposing, heavily guarded barricade are seven sick and lonely men, the only inmates. But they are seven of the blackest Nazis still alive: Rudolf Hess, one of Hitler's closest confidants; Karl Doenitz, once commander of the German navy; Baron Konstantin von Neurath, former proconsul of Czechoslovakia; Albert Speer, Hitler's production genius; Walter Funk, director of Nazi finances; Baldur von Schirach, leader-hero of Nazi youth; and ex-Admiral Erich Raeder...
...total 1950 business: $24 million) operators in the steel business. Son of a poor Hamburg ship fitter, he started work at 16 as an SS typist, joined the Nazi Party in 1941. He has twice reorganized the German steel industry: once for Hitler's war production boss, Albert Speer, later for the Allies. With similar impartiality, he shipped $12 million worth of goods to the Soviets in 1949-50. Then, when Bonn clamped down on this trade, he switched westward, made $700,000 profit this year out of trading German steel for U.S. coal. Schlieker now claims...
Four varsity players, including Matson, shot 74s to lead of the 12 first team golfers. The other three are Dave Gorman, Doug Wilde, and Sam Seager. Completing the roster in order of low scores will be Paul Weissman, John Speer, Jack Donton, Hugh Nawn, Jr., Mitchell Rosenholtz, Horb Mee, George Briggs, and Bill Caswell...