Zitate von Baldur von Schirach
Baldur von Schirach
Geburtstag: 9. Mai 1907
Todesdatum: 8. August 1974
Baldur Benedikt von Schirach war ein deutscher Politiker während der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus und Reichsjugendführer der NSDAP.
Schirach gehörte zu den 24 im Nürnberger Prozess gegen die Hauptkriegsverbrecher vor dem Internationalen Militärgerichtshof angeklagten Personen und wurde am 1. Oktober 1946 wegen Verbrechens gegen die Menschlichkeit zu 20 Jahren Haft verurteilt, jedoch von der Anklage der Vorbereitung eines Angriffskrieges freigesprochen. Wikipedia
Zitate Baldur von Schirach
„Jeder Jude, der in Europa wirkt, ist eine Gefahr für die europäische Kultur. Wenn man mir den Vorwurf machen wollte, daß ich aus dieser Stadt, die einst die europäische Metropole des Judentums gewesen ist, Zehntausende und aber Zehntausende von Juden ins östliche Ghetto abgeschoben habe, muß ich antworten: Ich sehe darin einen aktiven Beitrag zur europäischen Kultur.“
aus Schirachs Rede beim Kongreß der europäischen Jugend in Wien am 14. September 1942. Völkischer Beobachter (Wiener Ausgabe) 15. September 1942. Dokument 3048-PS und Beweisstück US-274 im Nürnberger Prozeß gegen die Hauptkriegsverbrecher, verlesen in der Vormittagssitzung des Gerichtshofs am 16. Januar 1946 http://www.zeno.org/nid/20002758563
„Vorwärts! Vorwärts! Jugend kennt keine Gefahren. // Deutschland, du wirst leuchtend stehn, // Mögen wir auch untergehn.“
Unsere Fahne flattert uns voran! In: Volksbuch Deutscher Dichtung, Hrsg. Gerhard Fricke, Junker & Dünnhaupt Verlag, Berlin 1937, S. 404 books.google https://books.google.de/books?id=r5kOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA404&dq=%22Deutschland+du+wirst%22
„If today he descended from Heaven, the great warrior who struck the moneychangers. You would once again shout crucify! And nail him to the cross that he himself carried. But he would gently laugh at your hatred. The truth remains even when your bearers are passed. Faith remains, because I give my life… And the fighter of all the world towers on the cross.“
About Christ, Evangelium im Dritten Reich, July 1, 1934. Quoted in "The Holy Reich: Nazi Conceptions of Christianity, 1919-1945" by Richard Steigmann-Gall - Religion - 2003
„I read world literature and I read French romances in the originals. I had quite a profound knowledge - no, that sounds conceited, but I did have a profound interest in everything spiritual.“
To Leon Goldensohn, March 10, 1946, from "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004
„To us Germans everything is religion. What we do we do not merely with our hands and brains, but with our hearts and souls. This has often become a tragic fate for us.“
Quoted in "The Face of the Third Reich: Portraits of the Nazi Leadership" - by Joachim C. Fest - History - 1999 - Page 220
„Power is what spoils people. Yes, it seems to me that the seeking after power is the great danger and the great corruptor of mankind.“
To Leon Goldensohn, June 16, 1946, from "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004 - Page 245
„That is the greatest thing about him. That he is not only our leader and a great hero. But himself, upright, firm and simple. In him the roots of our world. And his soul touches the stars. And yet he remains a man like you and me.“
A poem written by Schirach about Hitler in 1936. Quoted in "The Trial of the Germans" - Page 287 - by Eugene Davidson - History - 1997
„We simply believed.“
Quoted in "The Face of the Third Reich: Portraits of the Nazi Leadership" - Page 220 by Joachim C. Fest - History - 1999
„If he descended from heaven today
the great warrior who beat the money-traders
you would once more shout your "crucifige!"
and nail him to the cross which he himself bore.
But he mildly smiles upon your hate:
"The truth will prevail, even if the bearer falls;
the faith will live, for I give my life …
and stands tall at the cross for all warriors of the world."“
Christ, The Flag of the Persecuted ( Die Fahne der Verfolgten http://www.archive.org/details/DieFahnederVerfolgten), page 51
„Faust, the Ninth Symphony, and the will of Adolf Hitler are eternal youth and know neither time nor transience.“
Quoted in "The Face of the Third Reich: Portraits of the Nazi Leadership" - Page 221 - by Joachim C. Fest - History - 1999
„They say of us that we are an anti-Christian movement. They even say that I am an outspoken paganist…. I solemnly declare here, before the German public, that I stand on the basis of Christianity, but I declare just as solemnly that I will put down every attempt to introduce confessional matters into our Hitler Youth.“
Braunschweig speech, December 1933. Quoted in "The Holy Reich: Nazi Conceptions of Christianity, 1919-1945" by Richard Steigmann-Gall - Religion - 2003
„Some of the defendants say that dictatorship can be good if there is a good dictator. But I say that a man cannot stay good if he becomes a dictator. Authoritarianism is a system that destroys man's morality. If you take a saint and give him power, he will change into a Hitler or a devil.“
To Leon Goldensohn, June 16, 1946, from "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004
„In the presence of this blood banner which represents our Führer, I swear to devote all my energies and my strength to the saviour of our country, Adolf Hitler. I am willing and ready to give up my life for him, so help me God.“
An oath written by Schirach about Hitler. Quoted in "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany" - Page 253 - by William Lawrence Shirer - Germany - 1990
„If you outlaw half a million people you make martyrs of them. For example, if you outlaw Robin Hood, it is all very well, but if you outlaw a whole group of people around Robin Hood, then Robin Hood and his merry men become legends.“
To Leon Goldensohn, March 10, 1946, from "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004
„Führer, my Führer given me by God. Protect and preserve my life for long. You rescued Germany from its deepest need. I thank you for my daily bread. Stay for a long time with me, leave me not. Führer, my Führer, my faith, my light. Hail my Führer.“
A prayer written by Schirach and repeated by the Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth) before meals. Quoted in "The Trial of the Germans" - Page 288 - by Eugene Davidson - History - 1997
„He who serves our Führer, Adolf Hitler, serves Germany, and he who serves Germany, serves God.“
Quoted in "Germany 1918-1945" - by J. A. Cloake - Germany - 1997
„Adolf Hitler, you are our great Führer. Thy name makes the enemy tremble. Thy Third Reich comes, thy will alone is law upon the earth. Let us hear daily thy voice and order us by thy leadership, for we will obey to the end and even with our lives. We praise thee! Heil Hitler!“
A pledge written by Schirach about Hitler. Quoted in "Hitler Youth: The Hitlerjugend in Peace and War, 1933-1945" by Brenda Ralph Lewis - History - 2000 - Page 57
„I lived with people who had varied opinions, some of whom did not accept my Nazi views. I encouraged this. If a man said something that was critical of me or my ideas, I wouldn't consider him an enemy.“
To Leon Goldensohn, June 16, 1946, from "The Nuremberg Interviews" by Leon Goldensohn, Robert Gellately - History - 2004
