Spur of the moment Quote by R.G. Waldeck

As the Nazi regime developed over the years, the whole structure of decision-making was changed. At first there were laws. Then there were decrees…

— Raul Hilberg

“In each of the following chapters, dealing in turn with policing and repression, culture and propaganda, religion and education, the economy, society and everyday…

— Richard J. Evans

“changes. It was the deliberate policy of Nazi Germany to artificially create conditions of state destruction and then steer the consequences towards Jews.”

— Timothy Snyder

“That November, German authorities held parliamentary elections (without opposition) and a referendum (on an issue where the “correct” answer was known) to confirm the…

— Timothy Snyder

There were definitely Nazis who saw the error of their ways.

— Taika Waititi

“What differentiates the crimes of the Nazis from the others is their methodical organization, their administrative planning, and their relentless execution.”

— Jacques Delarue

“Thus the pace, justification and mode of implementation of the genocide changed repeatedly from its inception in the summer of 1941. Examining the origins…

— Richard J. Evans

But what began in 1941 was a process of destruction not planned in advance, not organized centrally by any agency. There was no blueprint…

— Raul Hilberg

“His order [Hitler's] to stand firm not only created clarity about what the army was doing but also had some effect in improving morale.…

— Richard J. Evans

“In the end the war was Hitler's war. It was not perhaps the war he wanted. But it was the war he was prepared…

— Donald Cameron Watt

“It was not anti-Semitism or socialism or the New Order that first animated the Nazis; their first slogal was, "Break the chains of Versailles.”

— Milton Mayer

“The disillusion among the rank-and-file Nazis, especially among the S.A. storm troopers, who formed the large core of Hitler’s mass movement, was great. Most…

— William L. Shirer