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Word: verraad (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1945-1945
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...sworn in at a spine-chilling ceremony. In sepulchral gloom a light plays fitfully on a blood-spattered bier, on which lies a lifelike "corpse" wrapped in a black shroud. Into the "corpse" a dagger has been plunged to the hilt. Letters of blood spell the word Verraad (treachery). A predikant (pastor) intones: "He who betrays the Bond will be destroyed by the Bond. The Bond never forgets." Membership lasts "till death." Broeders recognize one another by secret signs, handclasps, passwords...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Broederbond Ban | 1/1/1945 | See Source »

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