Excerpt taken from William L. Shirer's The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, (Simon & Schuster, 1960, p.1074)
 

Everybody will now turn upon us and cover us with abuse.  But my conviction remains unshaken-we have done the right thing.  Hitler is not only the archenemy of Germany, he is the archenemy of the world.  In a few hours I shall stand before God, answering for my actions and for my omissions.  I think I should be able to uphold with a clear conscience all that I have done in the fight against Hitler. - General Henning von Tresckow (as reported by Fabian von Schlabrendorff)

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