ADOLF EICHMANN

No one can demand that you be neutral toward the crime of genocide. If there is a judge in the whole world who can be neutral toward this crime, that judge is not fit to sit in judgment.

Even Adolf Eichmann got a trial.

I will leap into my grave laughing because the feeling that I have five million human beings on my conscience is for me a source of extraordinary satisfaction.

Adolf Hitler may have been wrong all down the line, but one thing is beyond dispute: the man was able to work his way up from lance corporal in the German Army to Führer of a people of almost 80 million. His success alone proved that I should subordinate myself to this man.

Repentance is for little children.

To sum it all up, I must say that I regret nothing.

I am certain, however, that those responsible for the murder of millions of Germans will never be brought to justice.

We shall meet again. I have believed in God. I obeyed the laws of war and was loyal to my flag.

Long live Germany. Long live Austria. Long live Argentina. These are the countries with which I have been most closely associated and I shall not forget them. I had to obey the rules of war and my flag. I am ready.

My political sentiments inclined toward the left and emphasized the socialist aspects every bit as much as nationalist ones.

I was one of the many horses pulling the wagon and couldn't escape left or right because of the will of the driver.

Now that I look back, I realize that a life predicated on being obedient and taking orders is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one's need to think.

I was one of the many horses pulling the wagon and couldn't escape left or right because of the will of the driver.

We shall meet again. I have believed in God. I obeyed the laws of war and was loyal to my flag.

To sum it all up, I must say that I regret nothing.

Now that I look back, I realize that a life predicated on being obedient and taking orders is a very comfortable life indeed. Living in such a way reduces to a minimum one's need to think.

Very well, then. Having been asked by you, Your Honour, to give a clear answer here, I must state that I consider this murder, this extermination of the Jews, to be one of the most heinous crimes in the history of mankind

From my childhood, obedience was something I could not get out of my system. When I entered the armed service at the age of twenty-seven, I found being obedient not a bit more difficult than it had been during my life to that point. It was unthinkable that I would not follow orders.

I never did anything, great or small, without obtaining in advance express instructions from Adolf Hitler or any of my superiors.

Long live Germany. Long live Austria. Long live Argentina. These are the countries with which I have been most closely associated and I shall not forget them. I had to obey the rules of war and my flag. I am ready.

I am certain, however, that those responsible for the murder of millions of Germans will never be brought to justice.

I will leap into my grave laughing because the feeling that I have five million human beings on my conscience is for me a source of extraordinary satisfaction.

Repentance is for little children.

Adolf Hitler may have been wrong all down the line, but one thing is beyond dispute: the man was able to work his way up from lance corporal in the German Army to Führer of a people of almost 80 million. His success alone proved that I should subordinate myself to this man.

My political sentiments inclined toward the left and emphasized the socialist aspects every bit as much as nationalist ones.