Word: ziegenbein
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Nazi flag with its great swastika. The Reds, as Germans fully expected they would be, were at once attacked by New York policemen. During this Wild West conflict, Captain Leopold Ziegenbein stood aloof and calm on the Bremen's bridge in a uniform of cool white duck. Said he as New York ambulances clanged away with dozens of injured and his ship prepared to sail for Germany: "We don't know what the future has in store for us. We don't know what is going to happen next...
...served up again a rumor millions of Germans have been taught to believe, namely, that their Bremen and Europa possess "speed in reserve" sufficient to win back the Atlantic's blue ribbon. Almost treasonable therefore in Nazi eyes was an unexpected remark in Manhattan by blunt Commodore Leopold Ziegenbein of the Bremen. "I am sure," said he last week, "that neither my ship nor the Europa will attempt to better the records set by the Normandie...