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Word: voldemar (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Voldemar Ludig, an Estonian lawyer-businessman, was arrested in December 1940 and accused of being a British spy. The police interrogated him daily for six weeks. Before each session, the jailers softened him up by making him spend two or three hours in a tiny concrete cell in which he could not sit down, stand upright or lie down. "The box," said Ludig, "was illuminated by a very powerful bulb. [It gave] you a headache, and you were kind of blind after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INVESTIGATIONS: The Iron Heel | 12/14/1953 | See Source »

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