--- title: "7 Germany Lost Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Germany Lost quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Germany Lost sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/804/gustav-stresemann-19865_assets_historians-still-often-see-the-end-of-th_348744.jpg" --- > [Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany than lost territories, lost participation in colonization,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-stresemann/historians-still-often-see-the-end-of-the-war-as-meaning-nothing-more/) [Gustav Stresemann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gustav-stresemann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/804/gustav-stresemann-19865_assets_historians-still-often-see-the-end-of-th_348744.jpg) > [Sometimes I even now feel like a stranger in my country. But I knew there would be problems because I had seen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katarina-witt/sometimes-i-even-now-feel-like-a-stranger-in-my-country-but-i-knew/) [Katarina Witt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katarina-witt/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/katarina-witt-19712_because_sometimes-i-even-now-feel-like-a-strange_529783.jpg) > [“Within Germany, unrest fermented after Germany lost World War I, and the German people, including the workers and the military, detested the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-suppresed-i-rise/within-germany-unrest-fermented-after-germany-lost-world-war-i-and/) [Captain Hank Bracker, "Suppresed I Rise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/captain-hank-bracker-suppresed-i-rise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/captain-hank-bracker-suppresed_german-history_within-germany-unrest-fermented-after-ge_812030.jpg) > [I knew that I could never win a referendum in Germany. We would have lost a referendum on the introduction of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmut-kohl/i-knew-that-i-could-never-win-a-referendum-in-germany-we-would-have/) [Helmut Kohl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/helmut-kohl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc8/helmut-kohl-13374_germany_i-knew-that-i-could-never-win-a-referend_1112820.jpg) > [Germany lost the Second World War. Fascism won it. Believe me, my friend.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-carlin/germany-lost-the-second-world-war-fascism-won-it-believe-me-my-friend/) [George Carlin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-carlin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/607/george-carlin-155_believe_germany-lost-the-second-world-war-fascis_1993040.jpg) > [Surviving the first round is never my aim. Ideally, I'd be in one group with Brazil, Argentina and Germany. Then I'd have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johan-cruijff/surviving-the-first-round-is-never-my-aim-ideally-i-d-be-in-one-group/) [Johan Cruijff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johan-cruijff/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2a/johan-cruijff-9968_aim_surviving-the-first-round-is-never-my-ai_2300387.jpg) > [The German air offensives against British cities in World Wars I and II not only failed to coerce the United Kingdom to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-mearsheimer/the-german-air-offensives-against-british-cities-in-world-wars-i-and/) [John Mearsheimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-mearsheimer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/234/john-mearsheimer-3817_air_the-german-air-offensives-against-britis_3088788.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/germany-lost/#itemlist", "name": "Germany Lost Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany than lost territories, lost participation in colonization, and lost assets for the state and individuals. They frequently overlook the most serious loss that Germany suffered.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Gustav Stresemann" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gustav-stresemann/historians-still-often-see-the-end-of-the-war-as-meaning-nothing-more/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/804/gustav-stresemann-19865_assets_historians-still-often-see-the-end-of-th_348744.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/804/gustav-stresemann-19865_assets_historians-still-often-see-the-end-of-th_348744.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/804/gustav-stresemann-19865_assets_historians-still-often-see-the-end-of-th_348744.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Historians still often see the end of the war as meaning nothing more for Germany than lost territories…” — Gustav Stresemann", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Sometimes I even now feel like a stranger in my country. But I knew there would be problems because I had seen the world as a skater. And now? A lot of people in eastern Germany have lost jobs, rents went up, food costs went up, unemployment went to 20 percent. Freedom is good, but it is not easy.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Katarina Witt" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katarina-witt/sometimes-i-even-now-feel-like-a-stranger-in-my-country-but-i-knew/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/katarina-witt-19712_because_sometimes-i-even-now-feel-like-a-strange_529783.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/katarina-witt-19712_because_sometimes-i-even-now-feel-like-a-strange_529783.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/596/katarina-witt-19712_because_sometimes-i-even-now-feel-like-a-strange_529783.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Sometimes I even now feel like a stranger in my country. 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This act heralded the end of the German monarchy. Living in exile in Huis Doorn, in the Netherlands, Wilhelm II died on June 3, 1941, of an embolism.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Captain Hank Bracker, \"Suppresed I Rise" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/captain-hank-bracker-suppresed-i-rise/within-germany-unrest-fermented-after-germany-lost-world-war-i-and/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/captain-hank-bracker-suppresed_german-history_within-germany-unrest-fermented-after-ge_812030.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/captain-hank-bracker-suppresed_german-history_within-germany-unrest-fermented-after-ge_812030.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c78/captain-hank-bracker-suppresed_german-history_within-germany-unrest-fermented-after-ge_812030.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Within Germany, unrest fermented after Germany lost World War I, and the German people, including the…” — Captain Hank Bracker, \"Suppresed I Rise", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I knew that I could never win a referendum in Germany. We would have lost a referendum on the introduction of the euro. That's quite clear. I would have lost, and by seven to three.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Helmut Kohl" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/helmut-kohl/i-knew-that-i-could-never-win-a-referendum-in-germany-we-would-have/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc8/helmut-kohl-13374_germany_i-knew-that-i-could-never-win-a-referend_1112820.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc8/helmut-kohl-13374_germany_i-knew-that-i-could-never-win-a-referend_1112820.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc8/helmut-kohl-13374_germany_i-knew-that-i-could-never-win-a-referend_1112820.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I knew that I could never win a referendum in Germany. 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Believe me, my friend.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Carlin" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-carlin/germany-lost-the-second-world-war-fascism-won-it-believe-me-my-friend/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/607/george-carlin-155_believe_germany-lost-the-second-world-war-fascis_1993040.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/607/george-carlin-155_believe_germany-lost-the-second-world-war-fascis_1993040.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/607/george-carlin-155_believe_germany-lost-the-second-world-war-fascis_1993040.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Germany lost the Second World War. Fascism won it. Believe me, my friend.” — George Carlin", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 6, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Surviving the first round is never my aim. 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