I surrendered my moral conscience to the fact that I was a soldier, and therefore a cog in a relatively low position of a great machine.

There were a large number of Jews who held more favorable positions than they should have, according to their percentage of the population. Germans should have held those positions.

The treatment of the Germans by the Allies was at least as bad as the shooting of those Jews. The bombing of cities with men, women, and children burning with phosphorus - these things were all done by the Allies.

I surrendered my moral conscience to the fact that I was a soldier, and therefore a cog in a relatively low position of a great machine.

Because to me it is inconceivable that a subordinate leader should not carry out orders given by the leaders of the State.

In the child, we see the grown-up. I see the problem differently.