Erhard Milch quotes

Erhard Milch was a German officer who played a prominent role in the Luftwaffe during World War II. As a top administrator, he was instrumental in organizing German air power and aircraft production. He was later convicted of war crimes and sentenced to prison after the war. Here are 5 of his quotes:

Let them try me. I shall have plenty to say about the Allies. I have some very good friends among the Americans and English, and the French industrialists, too. I have done nothing of which I am ashamed.

Erhard Milch

There is no reason to believe that Milch was not absolutely sincere in his idealistic belief in Imperial Germany. Its destruction, however, caused a fundamental change in him: idealism in Erhard Milch was extinguished forever. From this period on, Milch became more and more the slave of his own ruthless ambition.

Erhard Milch

It was true enough, he did not appear ashamed - merely worried about his own immunity from trial as a war criminal.

Erhard Milch

He is a shrewd, Napoleonic, short man, who is very affable, but as poisonous as hell with his affability.

Erhard Milch