The main theme was that this was the decisive battle between two ideologies and that the practices which we knew as soldiers—the only correct ones under international law—had to be measured by completely different standards. Hitler thereupon, said Keitel, gave various orders for carrying out an unprecedented terror in Russia by “brutal means.” “Did you, or did any other generals, raise objections to these orders?” asked Keitel’s own attorney. “No. I personally made no remonstrances,” the General replied. Nor did any of the other generals, he added.*
