"In einem Krieg wie diesem, in dem Hunderttausende von Kindern und Frauen durch Bombenteppiche vernichtet oder durch Tiefflieger getötet wurden, in dem Partisanen jedes, aber auch jedes Gewaltmittel anwandten, das ihnen zweckmäßig erschien, sind harte Maßnahmen, auch wenn sie völkerrechtlich bedenklich erscheinen sollten, kein Verbrechen vor Moral und Gewissen. Denn ich glaube und bekenne: die Pflicht gegen Volk und Vaterland steht über jeder anderen. Diese zu erfüllen, war mir Ehre und höchstes Gesetz."
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Schlusswort vor dem Nürnberger Kriegsverbrechertribunal in dessen Sitzung am 31. August 1946 nachmittags
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