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Walter Schellenberg Quotes

1910–1952 Germany

Walter Friedrich Schellenberg (January 16, 1910 – March 31, 1952) was a German SS functionary during the Nazi era. He rose through the ranks of the SS, becoming one of the highest ranking men in the Sicherheitsdienst (SD) and eventually assumed the position as head of foreign intelligence for Nazi Germany following the abolition of the Abwehr in 1944.

Germany
Military leaders

Also known as: Schellenberg, Walter

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Many of my personal enemies picture me as a cold type - a person who acts according to a certain line, a calculating type.

I could not tell Himmler everything because he was too false and two-faced.

In my opinion, a war between England and Germany was a war between brothers. In my inner self I admired the English government and political system.

In my case, though I had an idea of what was going on - I purposely didn't see it.

For instance, against the tremendous resistance of Hitler and Kaltenbrunner, and at first Himmler too, I managed to save nine thousand Norwegians and Danes, whom I had released from concentration camps.

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Walter Schellenberg (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.