Responsibility Quote by Timothy Snyder

“The mere punishment of the defendants, or even thousands of others equally guilty, can never redress the terrible injuries which the Nazis visited on…

— Anonymous

“Most German perpetrators were never punished or rewarded for their behavior, but they had learned something about themselves. They know what they did or…

— Fern Schumer Chapman

“In almost every society, several sturdy barriers stand between a people and the perpetration of mass murder. Only a very long and violent chain…

— Dan McMillan

“On the ration cards of Nazi Germany, there was no listing for punishment, but everyone had to take their turn. For some it was…

— Markus Zusak

Consideration of any kind are a crime against the German people and the soldier at the front.

— Wilhelm Keitel

Moreover, there is this completely false trial. I would participate wholeheartedly in a trial if it were to determine the guilt for 5 million…

— Hans Fritzsche

The Nuremberg Trial of the German war criminals was tacitly based on the recognition of the principle: criminal actions cannot be excused if committed…

— Albert Einstein

The Germans tend to like to blame the Nazi experience on one man who can be scapegoated. If you pile all the blame onto…

— Gavriel David Rosenfeld

“The privilege of opening the first trial in history for crimes against the peace of the world imposes a grave responsibility. The wrongs which…

— Robert H. Jackson

“Reparations could not make up for the murder perpetrated by the Nazis. But they did launch Germany’s reckoning with itself, and perhaps provided a…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

“Still, among the critics of the concept of collective guilt, Bultmann was one of the few who spoke of a collective responsibility of the…

— Hammann Konrad

I am certain, however, that those responsible for the murder of millions of Germans will never be brought to justice.

— Adolf Eichmann