oatmeal on Nostr: Nazi figures Goldberg draws on, with parallel quotes: Wilhelm Keitel – Wehrmacht ...

Nazi figures Goldberg draws on, with parallel quotes:

Wilhelm Keitel – Wehrmacht Supreme Commander, hanged at Nuremberg
Barbarossa Decree, 13 May 1941:

“The troops themselves defend themselves against every threat from the enemy civilian population without mercy. Collective drastic action will be taken immediately against communities from which treacherous or insidious attacks against the Wehrmacht are launched.”

Anti-partisan order, 16 December 1941:

“It is therefore not only justifiable, but it is the duty of the troops to use all means without restriction, even against women and children, so long as it insures success.”

Nuremberg prosecution on Keitel, July 1941 order:

“Troops should use terrorism in crushing the population’s will to resist.”

Nuremberg judgment on Keitel, September 1941:

“Human life was less than nothing in the East.”