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In his month-long trial Hoess denied none of Auschwitz's horrors. He offered one sentence of defense: "All my actions resulted from orders which I received." He was proud of having designed the gas chambers in which 2,000 persons could be put to death at one time...
Notable for its lack of continuous gun-play. "The Angel and the Badman" has painstakingly sidestepped one of the most overworked angles of current westerns with excellent results. Where the hero generally announces his fast draw in the first scene and proceeds to prove his point for ninety dreary minutes...
Although the necessity of securing a loyal administration is of unquestionable importance, the current plan draws the bit too tight by offering a system that begins and ends at the discretion of the Attorney-General and his advisers. Unless the government exercises the utmost moderation in the execution of the...
¶ All the aristocrats in Europe were to be hanged. German princes & princesses would lead the way at a mass execution held in front of Berlin's Imperial Palace. The charges: sexual perversion, espionage, high treason.
In a Deep South execution chamber, after talking with four boys (one 16, two 17, one 19) who are soon to die there, the sheriff speaks with the tickled-pink fascination of a kid with a new erector set: "This is where we're going to execute them. . . . Over...