“Death by hanging…well, in view of the whole situation, I never expected anything different. It's all right.”

—  Arthur Seyss-Inquart

To G.M. Gilbert, about receiving the death sentence. Quoted in "Nuremberg Diary" by G. M. Gilbert - History - 1995

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