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And in the general hardening of outlook that set in round about 1930 , practices which had been long abandoned , in some cases for hundreds of years - imprisonment without trial , the use of war prisoners as slaves , public executions , torture to extract confessions , the use of hostages , and the deportation of whole populations - not only became common again , but were tolerated and even defended by people who considered themselves enlightened and progressive . gold

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