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Hanns Johst was a German poet and playwright, directly aligned with Nazi philosophy, as a member of the officially approved writers’ organisations in the Third Reich. The statement “When I hear the word culture, I reach for my gun”, variously misattributed to Himmler, Goebbels and Göring, was in fact a corrupted version of a line in his play Schlageter. Wikipedia  

✵ 8. July 1890 – 23. November 1978
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Hanns Johst Quotes

“Whenever I hear of culture … I release the safety catch of my Browning!”

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Wenn ich Kultur höre … entsichere ich meinen Browning!
Schlageter

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