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Ich bin Klink, dieser bin Schultz. Und sie sind?

Here’s a great For Men Only cover featuring two gullible Nazis falling for the old soldier-do-you–have-a-light? trick. You’d think these two supertroopers would ask themselves why a beautiful fräulein is lounging in a boxcar at midnight, but that would only complicate their impending humiliation, where they wake up with headaches, tied to each other wearing only stirrup socks and swastika boxer shorts. We really wish Nazis had been this gullible in real life—we’d all be living in a wonderful world where Hogan’s Heroes is taught in schools as historical fact.

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HISTORY REWIND

The headlines that mattered yesteryear.

June 17

1939—Eugen Weidmann Is Guillotined

In France, Eugen Weidmann is guillotined in the city of Versailles outside Saint-Pierre Prison for the crime of murder. He is the last person to be publicly beheaded in France, however executions by guillotine continue away from the public until September 10, 1977, when Hamida Djandoubi becomes the last person to receive the grisly punishment.

June 17

1972—Watergate Burglars Caught

In Washington, D.C., five White House operatives are arrested for burglarizing the offices of the Democratic National Committee in the Watergate Hotel. The botched burglary was an attempt by members of the Republican Party to illegally wiretap the opposition. The resulting scandal ultimately leads to the resignation of President Richard Nixon, and also results in the indictment and conviction of several administration officials.

June 16

1961—Rudolph Nureyev Defects from Soviet Union

Russian ballet dancer Rudolf Nureyev defects at Le Bourget airport in Paris. The western press reported that it was his love for Chilean heiress Clara Saint that triggered the event, but in reality Nuryev had been touring Europe with the Kirov Ballet and defected in order to avoid punishment for his continual refusal to abide by rules imposed upon the tour by Moscow.

June 15

1978—Hussein Marries Halaby

King Hussein of Jordan, who had claimed direct lineage from the Prophet Muhammad and the most ancient tribe in the Arab world, marries American Lisa Halaby, who renounces her American citizenship, converts to Islam, and takes the name Queen Noor. Noor soon becomes one of the most glamorous and recognized royals in the world.

June 14

1995—Roger Zelazny Dies

American fantasy and science fiction writer Roger Zelazny dies at age fifty-eight of kidney failure related to colo-rectal cancer. Zelazny won the Nebula award three times, and the Hugo award six times, for novels such as …And Call Me Conrad and Lord of Light, but was best known for his fantasy serial The Chronicles of Amber.

TIT FOR TAT

Swapping literature was a major subset of midcentury publishing. Ten years ago we shared a good-sized collection of swapping paperbacks from assorted authors.

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