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Well, it was war - I could not have carried on as an administrative officer if I had let myself be swayed emotionally by my feelings.

— Oswald Pohl

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I don't hold it against the men who beat me because undoubtedly there are some ruffians of every nationality and the English are not exceptions.

I can only be responsible for my orders. I cannot be responsible for all the acts of Himmler.

I assumed that some of the gold bars I received were melted gold teeth.

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