"Ever since our enemies have refused to listen to and obey our Führer, the whole war has gone badly."

"Gentlemen, you are the leaders of the best soldiers in the world. I will give you five or six of my own men; we will …"

"Have you read Churchill's speech? Appalling beyond all words! A Jewish brigade to go to Germany! Then the French will…"

"He was trembling all over and the desk on which he was leaning shook. He was bathed in perspiration and became more a…"

"I am a soldier. I get orders. I execute them."

"I asked the Field Marshal von Manstein if he would take part in the actions against Hitler. Manstein was sitting in a…"

"I stood in front of him and I saw an old, stooped, bloated man with gray, slick hair, barely standing on his legs."

"I was at Stalingrad, you know... And from that time onwards I have done nothing but manoeuvre to escape encirclement …"

"If for the first time I had disobeyed, it was because I knew that Hitler was insane."

"Even today, I can not say with certainty whether he himself believed in his words or whether he was knowingly deceivi…"