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‘All kinds of stories made the rounds, and are still making the rounds, and much of what people say is exaggerated…By the way, I never struck anyone unless I had written orders…Order must be maintained,’ he said, ‘That was also the original purpose of the concentration camps: to teach those people order and discipline. Later on, of course, excesses did occur, in violation of the guidelines.’
— May 02, 2019 07:41PM
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‘…the Swiss authorities are increasingly unwilling to take in refugees. You know the J stamped on the passports of German Jews was introduced at the urging of Dr. Rothmund, head of the Swiss Immigration Police. The Nazis adopted it enthusiastically, but it was a Swiss idea…’
— Apr 30, 2019 06:48AM
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‘I play percussion and bass and xylophone.’ [We] knew what this meant about his political orientation: jazz was taboo to the Nazis, and a jazz follower was not likely to be a dedicated follower of Hitler…we called him Krupa…He was the proud owner of a portable phonograph and three dozen records that he had picked up in Denmark—the latest of Duke Ellington, Tommy Dorsey, Lionel Hampton, and of course, Gene Krupa.
— Apr 29, 2019 06:09AM
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We couldn’t trust even our closest relatives. So many people let themselves be bought. A package of butter or a good sausage, real coffee beans or bacon from the National Socialist People’s Welfare, warm coats for the children from the Winter Aid, or the prospect of a job that brought in a few more pfennigs—that was enough to soften many of them up.
— Apr 27, 2019 08:10AM