Word: thermann
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German Ambassador Dr. Edmund Baron von Thermann hastily announced the dispatch of two confidential aides to Misiones "for the purpose of conducting an investigation" into "alleged Nazi activities and highhanded police methods against peaceful German residents." On arrival, the Germans stirred up jurisdictional disputes between national and local police...
...Spee's officers were not deprived of their swords and pistols before being quartered at the Immigrants' Hotel (Argentina's Ellis Island), close to the naval arsenal grounds. They relaxed happily while German Ambassador Baron Edmund von Thermann sought to have the Spee's company adjudged survivors of a wrecked ship, not subject to internment...