Fritz Sauckel
Fritz Sauckel
Ernst Friedrich Christoph "Fritz" Sauckelwas a German Nazi politician, Gauleiter of Thuringia and the General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment from 1942 until the end of the Second World War...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionSoldier
Date of Birth27 October 1894
CountryGermany
Fritz Sauckel quotes about
school elementary-school secondary-school
I attended the elementary school at Schweinfurt and the secondary school.
communist states knows
In my Gau, as far as I know, only Communists who had actually worked against the State were arrested.
connections ministers officials
My connection with the Reich Ministers was of a purely official nature and was very infrequent.
christian country men
Through the Young Men's Christian Association and principally in Australia and North America, as well as in South America, I came into contact with families of these countries.
way election diets
I was elected to the Diet in the same way as at every parliamentary election.
sympathy party
I joined the Party definitely in 1923 after having already been in sympathy with it before.
character people may
I did that all the more, if I may say so, because I was aware of the fact that there is an inclination to go to extremes in German people, and in the German character generally.
giving soldier might
I had repeatedly made written requests to the Fuehrer that I might be allowed to join the Wehrmacht as an ordinary soldier. He refused to give me this permission.
war political development
I was never informed in advance about the start of the war or about foreign political developments.
class proletariat middle
The controversies between the proletariat and the middle class had to be smoothed out and bridged over by each getting to know and understand the other.
intercourse personal-relationships regard
As regards personal relationships I cannot say that I had any particularly personal intercourse with anyone.
war soldier world
I could not have the honour of being a German soldier because of my imprisonment in the First World War. And in this world war the Fuehrer refuses to allow me to serve as a soldier.
country storm captains
What would you do if your country's welfare depended on labor? When a ship is in a storm it requires one captain.
goebbels himmler fellows
Himmler, Bormann, and Goebbels, they were probably bad fellows.