Word: sauerland
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...captain refused, radioed Hong Kong for help. After loitering aboard ship for 20 minutes, the Japanese withdrew. The French freighter Aramis, whose skipper was not so tough, was not only halted by a destroyer but armed marines searched her. The captain of the German Hamburg-Amerika liner Sauerland, giant swastikas painted on her sides, was asked to show his papers and, when he did, was then allowed to continue...