Baldur von Schirach quotes
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“They say of us that we are an anti-Christian movement. They even say that I am an outspoken paganist.... I solemnly declare here, before the German public, that I stand on the basis of Christianity, but I declare just as solemnly that I will put down every attempt to introduce confessional matters into our Hitler Youth.”
-- Baldur von SchirachSource : "The Holy Reich: Nazi Conceptions of Christianity, 1919-1945". Book by Richard Steigmann-Gall, 2003.
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“The body expresses our very being. The striving for beauty is inborn among the Aryan.”
-- Baldur von SchirachSource : "German Bodies: Race and Representation After Hitler". Book by Uli Linke, p. 47, 1999.
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“I read world literature and I read French romances in the originals. I had quite a profound knowledge - no, that sounds conceited, but I did have a profound interest in everything spiritual.”
-- Baldur von SchirachSource : "The Nuremberg Interviews". Book by Leon Goldensohn, 2004.
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“In the presence of this blood banner which represents our Führer, I swear to devote all my energies and my strength to the saviour of our country, Adolf Hitler. I am willing and ready to give up my life for him, so help me God.”
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“He who serves our Führer, Adolf Hitler, serves Germany, and he who serves Germany, serves God.”
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“If he descended from heaven today the great warrior who beat the money-traders you would shout your "crucifige!" and nail him to the cross which he himself bore. But he mildly smiles upon your hate: "The truth will prevail, even if the bearer falls; the faith will live, for I give my life ... and stand tall at the cross for all warriors of the world.”
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“Power is what spoils people. Yes, it seems to me that the seeking after power is the great danger and the great corruptor of mankind.”
-- Baldur von SchirachSource : "The Nuremberg Interviews". Book by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately, p. 245 (To Leon Goldensohn, June 16, 1946), 2004.
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“To us Germans everything is religion. What we do we do not merely with our hands and brains, but with our hearts and souls. This has often become a tragic fate for us.”
-- Baldur von SchirachSource : "The Face of the Third Reich: Portraits of the Nazi Leadership". Book by Joachim C. Fest, p. 220, 1999.
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“If you outlaw half a million people you make martyrs of them. For example, if you outlaw Robin Hood, it is all very well, but if you outlaw a whole group of people around Robin Hood, then Robin Hood and his merry men become legends.”
-- Baldur von SchirachSource : "The Nuremberg Interviews: Conversations with the Defendants and Witnesses". Book by Leon Goldensohn, Random House, p. 237 (To Leon Goldensohn, March 10, 1946), 2010.
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“Faust, the Ninth Symphony, and the will of Adolf Hitler are eternal youth and know neither time nor transience.”
-- Baldur von SchirachSource : "The Face of the Third Reich: Portraits of the Nazi Leadership". Book by Joachim C. Fest , p. 221, 1999.
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“I lived with people who had varied opinions, some of whom did not accept my Nazi views. I encouraged this. If a man said something that was critical of me or my ideas, I wouldn't consider him an enemy.”
-- Baldur von SchirachSource : "The Nuremberg Interviews". Book by Leon Goldensohn, 2004.
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