“Perhaps I do not speak as a true German should. But if to be more German means to be less human, I can make only one choice.”
—Thomas Mann.
OF THE HITLERITE REGIME
“The ridiculous, senseless, foolish, stupidity of a regime that has taken charge of a great country.”
“The Nazi crusade is directed against a whole people, whether loyal or whether not; and apparently the ones that are suffering the most are the ones who have been the most loyal.”
—Al Smith.
“The German racial theory is a new blood count—a new spiritual leprosy visited upon us. It is a heresy against civilization.”
—Abba Hillel Silver.
“The destiny of the Jews in Germany is not death but triumph and survival.”
—Bainbridge Colby.
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