Nazism Quotes

But I sure as hell, didnt come down from the goddamn Smoky mountains, cross five thousand miles of water, fight my way through half Sicily, and then jump out of a fuckin air-o-plane, to teach the Nazi's lessons in humanity.

– Step back from the diverter. Or I'll make you step back.
– Now that's the German way of doing things. You would've made an excellent Nazi Youth.

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We can't do anything that's out of order. There are no Nazis in Germany. Didn't you know that, Judge? The Eskimos invaded Germany and took over. That's how all those terrible things happened. It wasn't the fault of the Germans. It was the fault of those damn Eskimos.

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Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

Tad Lawson

Germany

Sarcastic Quotes

— Would you tell us from your own experience... the position of the judge in Germany prior to the advent of Adolf Hitler.
— The position of the judge was one of complete independence.
— Now, would you describe the contrast, if any after the coming to power of National Socialism in 1933?
— Judges became subject to something outside of objective justice. They became subject to what was necessary for the protection of the country. <...> The first consideration of the judge... became the punishment of acts rather than objective consideration of the case.

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Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

Tad Lawson

Karl Wieck

Justice, Jurisdiction

Informative Quotes

— Those people... those millions of people... I never knew it would come to that. You must believe it.
— Herr Janning... it came to that the first time you sentenced a man to death... you knew to be innocent.

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Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

Ernst Janning

Judge Dan Haywood

Informative Quotes

But this trial has shown... that under a national crisis... ordinary, even able and extraordinary men... can delude themselves into the commission of crimes... so vast and heinous that they beggar the imagination.

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Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)

Judge Dan Haywood

Informative Quotes

— Αll Germans are not Nazis, Monsieur!
— Yes. I've heard that theory.

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OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus

diplomat at the Embassy of Germany

Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath (OSS 117)

Germans

Sarcastic Quotes

– The Nazis lost the war. Why is he still obsessed? What does he want an army for?
– He doesn't want it for them. The Nazis were just a means to an end. He wants it for himself. His own personal, supernatural army.

— You may be the biggest fool on this whole boat. <...> You are blind! You're absolutely blind! You can't see what's going on in front of your own face.
— What do you mean? You mean this business about the Jews? You don't understand us. The German Jew is something special. We are Germans first and Jews second. We have done so much for Germany. Germany has done so much for us. A little patience. A little goodwill. It works itself out. Listen, there are nearly a million Jews in Germany. What are they going to do? Kill all of us?

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