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The Torture Garden, Octave Mirbeau. 1899
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detail from large (18" by 24") drawing on "Crack Street"
Blanketing the skies over Poland in 1939, the Stuka was outfitted with what the Germans called a "Jericho trumpet." As the planes descended for a strafing/bombing run, the wind-driven siren emitted a droning banshee wail that increased with the plane's velocity and induced terror in those on the ground.
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