I accept responsibility for ...

I accept responsibility for U-boat warfare from 1933 onward, and of the entire navy from 1943 on, but to make me responsible for what happened to Jews in Germany, or Russian soldiers on the east front it is so ridiculous all I can do is laugh.
 Karl Donitz

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The north German does not go in for extremes. He has broader horizons than the men from the mountains of Bavaria and Austria.
 Karl Donitz
I read sometime around 1938 of Jewish fines and some street actions against them. But I was too concerned with U-Boats and the naval problems to be concerned about Jews.
 Karl Donitz