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Henning von Tresckow Quotes

1901–1944 Germany

Henning Hermann Robert Karl von Tresckow (January 10, 1901 – July 21, 1944) was an officer in the German Army who helped organize German resistance against Adolf Hitler. He attempted to assassinate Hitler on 13 March 1943 and drafted the Valkyrie plan for a coup against the German government.

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I cannot understand how people can still call themselves Christians and not be furious adversaries of Hitler's regime.

Every day, we are assassinating nearly 16,000 additional victims.

It is almost certain that we will fail. But how will future history judge the German people, if not even a handful of men had the courage to put an end to that criminal?

Hitler is a dancing dervish. He must be shot down.

Bans are laws for the stupid.

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.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Henning von Tresckow (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.