Juan  Luis  Cordero

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From this it followed that their most dangerous enemies were those of their own blood who had adopted foreign nationalities, especially when they were in commanding positions; as examples he named from the Polish campaign General (Juliusz) Rommél, the defender of Warsaw, Admiral (Josef) Unrug, defender of Hela, and General (Viktor) Thommée, the defender of Modlin, who was of Huguenot descent, ‘also our blood, Germanic blood’.
Himmler (Peter Padfield's Second World War)
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