Konrad Heiden (1901–1966) German journalist and historian
Source: A History of National Socialism (1934), p. 100
As quoted in A History of National Socialism, Konrad Heiden, A. A. Knopf (1935) p. 100
Other remarks
Konrad Heiden (1901–1966) German journalist and historian
Source: A History of National Socialism (1934), p. 100
Joseph Stalin (1879–1953) General secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Statement in September 1939, as quoted in "Stalin's pact with Hitler" in WWII Behind Closed Doors at PBS http://www.pbs.org/behindcloseddoors/episode-1/ep1_stalins_pact.html <br class="br">Contemporary witnesses
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) Führer and Reich Chancellor of Germany, Leader of the Nazi Party
Speech at a youth rally in Berlin http://der-fuehrer.org/reden/english/34-05-01.htm, 1 May 1934 <br class="br">1930s
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) Führer and Reich Chancellor of Germany, Leader of the Nazi Party
Speech in Berlin (26 September 1938), quoted in The Times (26 September 1939), p. 10
1930s
“Poland wants war with Germany and Germany will not be able to avoid it even if she wants to.”
Edward Rydz-Śmigły (1886–1941) Polish general
Daily Mail, August 6th, 1939, according to JRBooksOnline http://www.jrbooksonline.com/polish_atrocities.htm, also published in The Liberty Bell, Volume 17 page 23 https://books.google.ca/books?id=ZpgfAQAAMAAJ and 2012 book The Myth of German Villainy https://books.google.ca/books?id=Lz8vNz4gfPwC&pg=PA319 (page 319) page 36 of the 2017 book Heroes of the Reich https://books.google.ca/books?id=IbHADgAAQBAJ&pg=PT36 also uses it <br class="br">Attributed to Rydz
Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Conversation with Thomas Jones (28 April 1934), quoted in Thomas Jones, A Diary with Letters. 1931-1950 (Oxford University Press, 1954), p. 129.
1934
Fritz Sauckel (1894–1946) German general
Last words, 10/16/46. Quoted in "The Mammoth Book of Eyewitness World War II" - Page 566 - by Jon E. Lewis - History - 2002.
Alfred Rosenberg (1893–1946) German architect and politician
December 15, 1945. Quoted in "Nuremberg Diary" - Page 72 - by G. M. Gilbert - History - 1995.
Lech Wałęsa (1943) Polish politician, Nobel Peace Prize winner, former President of Poland
Wenn Deutschland noch einmal Europa destabilisiert dann wird Deutschland nicht mehr geteilt, sondern von der Landkarte gefegt werden. Ost und West haben die notwendige Technik, um dieses Verdikt auch vollstrecken zu können. Wenn Deutschland wieder anfängt, bleibt keine andere Lösung. - From the report of the German magazine DER SPIEGEL 15/1990 http://www.spiegel.de/spiegel/print/d-13498691.html about an interview of Wałęsa by Dutch weekly Elsevier http://www.elsevier.nl/ of 7 April 1990, which was partially reprinted, with an additional Pancho caricature http://wissen.spiegel.de/wissen/image/show.html?did=13498691&aref=image036/2006/05/15/cq-sp199001502800280.pdf&thumb=false, by French Le Monde http://www.lemonde.fr/
Angela Merkel (1954) Chancellor of Germany
Es liegt nicht in meiner Macht – und nicht in der Macht irgendeines Menschen in Deutschland – zu bestimmen, wie viele Menschen hierher kommen. <br class="br">Merkel interviewed by Anne Will (German talk show) on October 7, 2015, "Angela Merkel: There will be no stop of receiving (refugees)" https://www.tagesspiegel.de/politik/fluechtlingspolitik-angela-merkel-den-aufnahmestopp-gibt-es-nicht/12422322.html,, October 10, 2015. <br class="br">2015