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The best political weapon is the weapon of terror. Cruelty commands respect. Men may hate us. But, we don't ask for their love; only for their fear.

— Heinrich Himmler Alberto Rivas Visions of Reality - A Study of Abnormal Perception and Behavior (2007)

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I hope to see the very concept of Jewry completely obliterated.

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However, in their centuries-long history the Poles were never able to create such an organization that could be called a state.

This is a page of glory in our history, which has never been written and is never to be written...

"This is a hard job, but if the act is not carried out at once, instead of us exterminating the Jews, the Jews will exterminate the Germans at a later date."

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