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The opinion of those who knew him cannot be completely ignored, though it obviously is not infallible. The Tribunal preferred the theory of the prosecution that Göring's professed desire for peace was merely a mask to disguise his share in the conspiracy to wage aggressive war. If so, it is worthy of remark that he not only set out to deceive the non-German world, but also to delude his own countrymen. Not only was his anti-war attitude known to Hassell and the group of conspirators against Hitl
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― Hermann Goring and the Third Reich; A Biography Based on Family and Official Records
― Hermann Goring and the Third Reich; A Biography Based on Family and Official Records
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Only in the hearts of those who knew him with all his qualities and all his faults and recognized that willingness to sacrifice himself for his country which no human weakness could entirely conceal, in the hearts of the soldiers and workers and peasants who still speak of “our Hermann” with a sense of personal loss, no order of the International Military Tribunal can cancel the belief that Hermann Göring has received from his Creator another justice and another mercy than those which he receive
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― Hermann Goring and the Third Reich; A Biography Based on Family and Official Records
― Hermann Goring and the Third Reich; A Biography Based on Family and Official Records
