I was never informed in advance about the start of the war or about foreign political developments.

As a cabin boy on a Norwegian sailing ship I earned five kronen a week in addition to my keep.

Only Communists and Social Democrats who acted against the state were incarcerated. Most of the Communists and Social Democrats I had known became Nazis later. Only those who were doing anything against the state were thrown in concentration camps.

As regards personal relationships I cannot say that I had any particularly personal intercourse with anyone.

In my Gau, as far as I know, only Communists who had actually worked against the State were arrested.

What would you do if your country's welfare depended on labor? When a ship is in a storm it requires one captain.

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.