"When a Russian pig has to be beaten, it would be the ordinary German worker who would have to do it."
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Quoted in Adam Tooze The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy, p. 529
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Robert Ley
Robert Ley (February 15 1890 – October 25 1945) was a German politician during the Nazi era; Ley headed the German Labour Front from 1933 to 1945. He also held many other high positions in the Party, including Gauleiter, Reichsleiter and Reichsorganisationsleiter. He committed suicide while awaiting trial at Nuremberg for crimes against humanity and war crimes.
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