There was no Geneva Convention. But we didn't shoot Russians either. Where would we get three million prisoners if we shot all the Russians? Propaganda! You can't open your mouth, even in the biggest democracy. Do you think it's so nice to sit in prison after ten years of war for the Fatherland? If I would be God, I would do it differently!


To Leon Goldensohn, February 28, 1946, from "The Nuremberg Interviews" - by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History


There was no Geneva Convention. But we didn't shoot Russians either. Where would we get three million prisoners if we shot all the Russians?...

There was no Geneva Convention. But we didn't shoot Russians either. Where would we get three million prisoners if we shot all the Russians?...

There was no Geneva Convention. But we didn't shoot Russians either. Where would we get three million prisoners if we shot all the Russians?...

There was no Geneva Convention. But we didn't shoot Russians either. Where would we get three million prisoners if we shot all the Russians?...