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Word: spitzels (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Usage:

...started this campaign of passive resistance is Rainer Hildebrandt, a 34-year-old German free-lance writer. Sitting in his faded Berlin apartment, Hildebrandt last week explained his purpose: "The Russians will see an F and know that people still have courage to speak up for human decency. German Spitzel [informers] will find the mark on their homes and will wonder whether the Red arm of the MVD is really long enough to protect them. Ordinary citizens, seeing an F, will know they are not alone, that there is more to be done against inhumanity than simply to cower...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: Silence Is Suicide | 8/1/1949 | See Source »

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