I hated the brutality, the sadism, and the insanity of Nazism. I just couldn't stand by and see people destroyed. I did what I could, what I had to do, what my conscience told me I must do. That's all there is to it. Really, nothing more.

I knew the people who worked for me. When you know people, you have to behave towards them like human beings.

I am the conscience of all those who knew something - but did nothing.

I hated the brutality, the sadism, and the insanity of Nazism. I just couldn't stand by and see people destroyed. I did what I could, what I had to do, what my conscience told me I must do. That's all there is to it. Really, nothing more.

Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't.

I was now resolved to do everything in my power to defeat the system.

I had to help them. There was no choice.