Abandonment Quote by William L. Shirer

German Nazism could not have succeeded in establishing itself except as a result of the theoretical contributions of Fichte, Goethe and Nietzsche, coupled with…

— Abul A'la Maududi

“It was characteristic of the rise of the Nazi movement in Germany and of the Communist movements in Europe after 1930 that they recruited…

— Hannah Arendt

Hitler was the fate of Germany and this fate could not be stayed.

— Walther von Brauchitsch

If there had been a strong democratic sentiment in Germany, Hitler would never have come to power . [Germans] deserved what they got when…

— A. J. P. Taylor

The Nazi period could have happened only in Germany because the German education of obedience to any law and order was the main problem.

— Heinrich Boll

By the Revolution the Germans have made themselves pariahs among the nations, incapable of winning allies, helots in the service of foreigners and foreign…

— Erich Ludendorff

One reason why so little is known about the German resistance is because it was never a united movement in the way that it…

— Kate Forsyth

The Nazi leaders….treated Germany like a conquered land, a colony to be used and abused without consideration, to be exploited to the full, and…

— Sebastian Haffner

We are seeing now that without the contribution of the Social Democrats, Germany cannot be governed. We are a proud and self-confident party. We…

— Martin Schulz

“The first step in “saving” Germany from the Jews and other inferior races, from this perspective, was the destruction of the Weimar Republic. Like…

— Phyllis Goldstein

“If we were all blinded to the larger implications of the events that were sweeping upon us it was not entirely due to the…

— Kathrine Kressmann Taylor

As Eric Weitz argues, the Weimar Republic (1919-1933) was not responsible for the Reich; it was a democratic, socially aware and progressive government, way…

— Justin Cartwright