Court case
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Below is the transcript of a Dutch court case. The defendant, referred to only as Mrs. C., was accused of treason and collaboration during World War II. The Dutch legal system continues to follow this practice today, where defendants’ names are identified only by the first letter of their surname. The transcript is dated September
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Just a bit of satire on a dreary Wednesday. Oompa loompa, do-ba-dee-doo,I’ve got 130,000 dollars for you.Oompa loompa, do-ba-dee-dee,If you are wise, you’ll listen to me. What do you get when your child’s a brat?Blaming the parents is where it’s at.What do you get when you’re greedy and glum?You get a son who’s a real
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Yesterday, a court in Germany convicted 97-year-old Irmgard Furchner and she received a two-year suspended sentence. Most of you will have heard of it. What you possibly didn’t hear is that after the war she married Heinz Furchtsam, a SS officer who also had worked in Stutthof. For reasons unknown to me, he changed his
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