87. Brutality (See also Cruelty, Mutilation.)

1. Black Prince angered by Limoges’ resistance, massacred three hundred inhabitants (1370). [Eur. Hist.: Bishop, 75]
2. Caracalla Roman emperor (211–217) massacred many thousands [Rom. Hist.: EB (1963) IV, 825]
3. Cenci, Count he delighted in making people suffer. [Br. Lit.: “The Cenci” in Magill I, 131–133]
4. Crown a stevedore who deals with people by physical force. [Am. Lit.: Porgy, Magill I, 764–766]
5. Drancy concentration camp; France’s largest Jewish deportation center. [Jew. Hist.: Wigoder, 161]
6. Eichmann, Adolph (1906–1962) Nazi SS officer; directed “Final Solution” in Europe. [Jew. Hist.: Wigoder, 167]
7. Enlil ordered wholesale destruction of humanity by flood. [Babylonian Myth.: Gilgamesh ]
8. Gestapo German secret police under Nazi regime. [Ger. History: RHD, 595]
9. Grimes, Peter fisherman suspected of ill-treating his apprentices. [Br. Opera: Peter Grimes in Osborne Opera, 240]
10. Herod Antipas presents John the Baptist’s head to Salome. [N.T.: Mark 6:17–28]
11. Himmler, Heinrich (1900–1945) architect of the “Final Solution” to exterminate Jews. [Ger. Hist.: Hitler ]
12. Hitler, Adolf (1889–1945) Nazi dictator; architect of “Final Solution” to exterminate Jews. [Ger. Hist.: Hitler ]
13. Jael drove tent-peg through skull of Sisera. [O.T.: Judges 4:19–21]
14. Koch, Ilse “Bitch of Buchenwald”; had inmates skinned for lampshades (WWII). [Ger. Hist.: Shirer, 1280]
15. Kramer, Josef “Beast of Belsen”; camp exterminator (WWII). [Ger. Hist.: Shirer, 878]
16. Mengele, Dr. Joseph Auschwitz concentration camp doctor; experimented on inmates (WWII). [Ger. Hist.: Wallechinsky, 83]
17. Nazi Jew-baiting, murderous Aryan supremacist under Hitler. [Ger. Hist.: Shirer]
18. Nero coarse, conceited, brutal emperor of Rome (37–68). [Polish Lit.: Quo Vadis, Magill I, 797–799]
19. Procrustes robber; stretches or amputates limbs of victims to fit his bed. [Class. Myth.: Zimmerman, 221]
20. Reign of Terror all roads led to the guillotine (1793–1794). [Fr. Hist.: EB, IX: 904]
21. S.S. ruthless corps implemented Nazi atrocities. [Germ. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary ]
22. SAVAK Iranian secret police [Iranian History: Facts (1979), 125]
23. St. Evremonde, Marquis ruthless aristocrat deliberately killed two people and ran over a child. [Br. Lit.: Dickens A Tale of Two Cities ]