Widerstand

Widerstand (German: 'resistance') is the name given to the resistance movements in Nazi Germany.

Quotes

We must not make the mistake of thinking that all those who eat the cookies of dictatorship are friendly from the first; but they must necessarily become beautiful....The curse of a system of terror is that there is no turning back; neither in the large realm of policies nor the 'larger' realm of everyday human relationships is it possible for men to retrace their steps. - Hans Bernd Gisevius

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A soldier's obedience finds its limits where his knowledge, his conscience and his responsibility forbid to obey orders. - Colonel general Ludwig Beck, Chief of general's staff of the German army (1932-1938).

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We took this challenge before our lord and our conscience, and it must be done, because this man, Hitler, he is the ultimate evil. - Colonel Claus Schenk von Stauffenberg

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The assassination must be attempted at all costs. Even if it should not succeed, an attempt to seize power in Berlin must be made. What matters now is no longer the practical purpose of the coup, but to prove to the world and for the records of history that the men of the resistance dared to take the decisive step. Compared to this objective, nothing else is of consequence. - Major-General Henning von Tresckow

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