Leaders

"Can't you rid us of our commander?" Lammerding to Heinz Guderian when
the Army Chief of Staff was visiting Himmler at Heeresgruppe Weischel HQ
in mid-March 1945 (Source: "Panzer Leader" by Heinz Guderian)

"As for Himmler, he certainly was not a man. He gave the impression the
he could not be trusted, and he centrainly wasn't a shining example of
an Aryan super-race, either in apperance or character. We thought
Himmler was a miserable-looking person to be head of the Waffen-SS"
SS-Standartenoberjunker Jan Munk (Wiking division) on Heinrich Himmler
(Source: "Loyalty is my honour" by Gordon Williamson)

"As far as Hitler is concerned, we regarded him as a true man. He was
only a corporal when he earned the Iron Cross First Class in World War
I. In those days that was quite an achievement. When he spoke at
meetings or rallies he managed to captivate his audience. He was able to
get us in a mood where we believed everything he said and we left fired
with enthusiams. Everyone I met respected and trusted Hitler and I
myself shared tese feelings and opionions." SS-Standartenoberjunker Jan
Munk (Wiking division) on Adolf Hitler (Source: "Loyalty is my honour"
by Gordon Williamson)




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