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Anita Kube, his blond wife, had bragged all over Minsk about her household staff of a dozen servants. "Twelve Russian swine," she was fond of repeating, in her arrogant Nazi way, "are cheaper than one good German maid...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Servant Problem | 2/4/1946 | See Source »

What happened next was the subject of an Army investigation last week. According to Schreiber, the sergeant shouted: "Shut your trap, you swine," punched Fechner in the face...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: A Night with the Police | 12/31/1945 | See Source »

When the lights went up, the courtroom was silent. One of the defendants retched. In the gallery, someone muttered: "Oh, God, why can't we shoot the swine...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR CRIMES: Day of Judgment | 12/10/1945 | See Source »

...also endless transcripts of bloodcurdling dialogue between Hitler and the defendants. Sample: Hitler (to Göring)-"[We must] kill without pity or mercy all men, women and children of the Polish race or language. ... I have only one fear and that is that Chamberlain or another such dirty swine comes to me with a proposition or a change of mind. He will be thrown downstairs even if I must personally kick him in the belly. . . ." (In ecstasy, Göring jumps on table and dances a savage czardas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: WAR CRIMES: The Fallen Eagles | 12/3/1945 | See Source »

Bloodshed and treachery, in delicate balance, had brought Marquis Don Francisco Pizarro, discoverer and conqueror of Peru, a long way from herding swine under the oaks of Estredemadura...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Generals, Saints & Goblins | 7/23/1945 | See Source »

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