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...older, whose first name was Erich or Emil. Monotonously, Hans Klose repeated that he was the wrong Klose: not Erich but Hans, not 54 years old but 34, not an ex-officer but an ex-private in the Wehrmacht. A British sergeant snapped, "You lie." Hans Klose produced his Wehrpass (military identity card); the British shrugged. They turned him over to the Russian army HQ; again he swore that his first name was Hans, again a Red officer said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GERMANY: The Case of Hans Klose | 6/1/1953 | See Source »

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