“Death - by hanging! - that, at least, I did not deserve. The death part - all right, somebody has to stand for the responsibility. But that - that I did not deserve!” ResponsibilityDeserve Author:Alfred Jodl
“Yes, I'm very normal, everything is okay, I won't become a psychiatric case.” CasesNormalOkayPsychiatric Author:Alfred Jodl
“To this very day, I do not know what he (Hitler) thought or knew or really wanted. I only knew my own thoughts and suspicions.” KnowsWantedMy OwnSuspicion Author:Alfred Jodl
“Hitler [had an] excess of imagination, which very frequently foresaw what would happen but also very often went astray.” HappensImaginationExcess Author:Alfred Jodl
“The Pact of Munich is signed. Czechoslovakia as a power is out.” PactMunichCzechoslovakia Author:Alfred Jodl
“My most profound confidence is however based upon the fact that at the head of Germany there stands a man by his entire development, his desires, and striving can only have been destined by fate to lead our people into a brighter future.” PeopleMenHas BeensFactsDesireFateDevelopmentProfoundStriveGermanyDestinedBrighterBrighter Future Author:Alfred Jodl
“It is tragic that the Fuehrer should have the whole nation behind him with the single exception of the Army generals. In my opinion it is only by action that they can now atone for their faults of lack of character and discipline.” ShouldWholeCharacterActionNationsBehindsOpinionDisciplineShould HaveArmyFaultsExceptionTragicLack Of Character Author:Alfred Jodl
“In view of the vast size of the occupied areas in the East the forces available for establishing security in these areas will be sufficient only if all resistance is punished not by legal prosecution of the guilty but by the spreading of such terror by the occupying power as is appropriate to eradicate every inclination to resist among the population. The competent commanders must find the means of keeping order not by demanding more security forces but by applying suitable Draconian methods.” IfsMeanOrderForceViewsSecurityAreasMethodSizePopulationTerrorAvailableEastResistanceGuiltySufficientAppropriateInclinationCommandersCompetentSuitableProsecutionSecurity ForcesDraconian Author:Alfred Jodl
“The indictment knocked me on the head. First of all, I hand no idea at all about 90 per cent of the accusations in it. The crimes are horrible beyond belief, if they are true. Secondly, I don't see how they can fail to recognize a soldier's obligation to obey orders. That's the code I've live by all my life.” IfsFirstsIdeasHandsOrderBeliefFailingCrimeSoldierHorribleObligationNo IdeaCodeLive ByCentsAccusationIndictment Author:Alfred Jodl
