TIME
A bullfighting boom in Occupied France was reported this week by Mexican Matador Ricardo Torres, newly arrived in Manhattan from Portugal. Reason for the boom: the desire of Nazi officers to have their troops inspired by the precision of the matador’s kill. But, said Ricardo Torres, the Nazi troops took their bullfighting rs mechanically as they did everything else:
“Men are given signals when to applaud. At other times, at a command, they leap to their feet like robots and shout Heil!”
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