Since war's end, no schoolchild in Berlin has studied history. The Allies had made the subject verboten in all Berlin schools. Last week, the holiday from history ended.
A commission of professorsheaded by a Frenchman, an Englishman, an American, and a Russianhad finally agreed on a new Outline of History suitable for young German minds. They had carefully ironed out Nazi distortionsand had added some new twists of their own. Soviet Major Vassily Bagrov wanted to say a good deal about "The Shady Aspects of Celibacy" when discussing the Renaissance church. The other powers said no; but they agreed to let him...
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