Erich von dem Bach quotes

Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski was a German SS officer and Nazi politician, infamous for his role during World War II. As Higher SS and Police Leader, he was involved in brutal anti-partisan operations and atrocities on the Eastern Front. He later testified at the Nuremberg Trials and was convicted for his crimes. Here are 7 of his quotes:

I am the only living witness but I must say the truth. Contrary to the opinion of the National Socialists that the Jews were a highly organized group, the appalling fact was that they had no organization whatsoever. The mass of the Jewish people were taken completely by surprise. Never before has a people gone so unsuspectingly to its disaster. After the first anti-Jewish actions of the Germans, they thought now the wave was over and so they walked back to their undoing.

Erich von dem Bach

I was the only SS leader in Russia who was not assassinated or upon whom an assassination was never attempted. I could walk anywhere without a bodyguard.

Erich von dem Bach

Germany could not win this war because it was in league with the devil. This war would not have ended without revolution.

Erich von dem Bach

Bach-Zelewski is a liar and a criminal - a terrible man. I repeat, he is a liar, a criminal, and a killer. I have proof of what I am saying about myself, but I know that Bach-Zelewski is a frightful liar.

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Von dem Bach is so clever he can do anything, get around anything.

Erich von dem Bach

That Swine.

Erich von dem Bach