Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist Quote

It is interesting but it was tragic. If you receive a military order you must obey. That is where the big difference between a military and a political order comes in. One can sabotage a political order but to disobey a military command is treason.


To Leon Goldensohn (25 June 1946). Quoted in "The Nuremberg Interviews" - by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History


It is interesting but it was tragic. If you receive a military order you must obey. That is where the big difference between a military and a...

It is interesting but it was tragic. If you receive a military order you must obey. That is where the big difference between a military and a...

It is interesting but it was tragic. If you receive a military order you must obey. That is where the big difference between a military and a...

It is interesting but it was tragic. If you receive a military order you must obey. That is where the big difference between a military and a...