"Our men taking part in the executions suffered more from nervous exhaustion than those who were to be shot."

"The nervous strain was far heavier in the case of our men who carried out the executions than in that of their victim…"

"The executions of agents, partisans, saboteurs, suspicious people, indulging in espionage and sabotage, and those who…"

"Out of the total number of the persons designated for the execution, fifteen men were led in each case to the brink o…"

"I have always used rather large execution squads, since I declined to use men who were specialists for shots in the n…"

"After each firing order, when the shots were addressed, somebody looked at the victims, because the victims were then…"

"I would not say that they were happy. They knew what was going to happen to them. Of course, they were told what was …"

"Here lie my thirty-thousand Jews."

"I die in the faith of my people. May the German people be aware of its enemies!"

"Um zu siegen, müssen wir versuchen, an der Stelle des Zusammenstoßes die Stärkeren zu sein. Dazu haben wir aber nur A…"