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Friedrich Paulus

Geburtstag: 23. September 1890
Todesdatum: 1. Februar 1957

Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst Paulus war ein deutscher Heeresoffizier und im Zweiten Weltkrieg Oberbefehlshaber der 6. Armee während der Schlacht von Stalingrad. Paulus war von 1943 bis 1953 in sowjetischer Kriegsgefangenschaft und lebte danach bis zu seinem Tod in der DDR.

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„Unser Kampf möge den lebenden und kommenden Generationen ein Beispiel dafür sein, auch in der hoffnungslosesten Lage nie zu kapitulieren, dann wird Deutschland siegen.“

— Friedrich Paulus
Funkspruch aus Stalingrad an Hitler am 29. Januar 1943 anlässlich des zehnten Jahrestages der Machtergreifung; Abendblatt: Rückkehr nach Stalingrad, 20. Januar 2003, abgerufen am 16. April 2010

Über Leben, Über Hoffnung

„Soldiers were and will remain soldiers. They fight, carrying out their duty, not thinking about the reasons, true to their military oath. And the beginning and the end of war is the business of politicians, to whom the situation at the front dictates these or other decisions.“

— Friedrich Paulus
To A. Schmidt and others - February 4th, 1943. Quoted in "Report of the Special Section of the Don Front NKVD to Special Sections Department of NKVD USSR"

„Troops without ammunition or food. Effective command no longer possible. 18,000 wounded without any supplies or dressings or drugs. Further defence senseless. Collapse inevitable. Army requests immediate permission to surrender in order to save lives of remaining troops.“

— Friedrich Paulus
Radio message to Adolf Hitler, January 24, 1943. Quoted in "The World Changers" - Page 171 - by Bruce Bliven - 1965

„You are talking to dead men here.“

— Friedrich Paulus
To a Luftwaffe officer sent to Stalingrad. Quoted in "Voices From The Third Reich: An Oral History" - Page 152 - by Johannes Steinhoff, Peter Pechel, Helmut D. Schmidt, Dennis E. Showalter - History - 1994

„The Sixth Army, true to their oath and conscious of the lofty importance of their mission, have held their position to the last man and the last round for Führer and Fatherland unto the end.“

— Friedrich Paulus
Radio message to Adolf Hitler, January 31, 1943. Quoted in "The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany" - Page 931 - by William Lawrence Shirer - Germany - 1990

„Everything you say, Reichenau, is totally unmilitaristic.“

— Friedrich Paulus
To Walther von Reichenau. Quoted in "Hitler's Generals" - Page 210 - by Correlli Barnett - History - 2003

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„Unser Kampf möge den lebenden und kommenden Generationen ein Beispiel dafür sein, auch in der hoffnungslosesten Lage nie zu kapitulieren, dann wird Deutschland siegen.“

„Soldiers were and will remain soldiers. They fight, carrying out their duty, not thinking about the reasons, true to their military oath. And the beginning and the end of war is the business of politicians, to whom the situation at the front dictates these or other decisions.“

„Troops without ammunition or food. Effective command no longer possible. 18,000 wounded without any supplies or dressings or drugs. Further defence senseless. Collapse inevitable. Army requests immediate permission to surrender in order to save lives of remaining troops.“

„You are talking to dead men here.“

„The Sixth Army, true to their oath and conscious of the lofty importance of their mission, have held their position to the last man and the last round for Führer and Fatherland unto the end.“

„Everything you say, Reichenau, is totally unmilitaristic.“

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