The German Girl Quotes

“there. She could read people, could”
― Eoin Dempsey, The German Girl

“the real patriots are those who question the government and its motives, not those who blindly accept what the propagandists feed them every day.”
― Eoin Dempsey, The German Girl

“We’re fighting monsters. It’s up to us to make sure we don’t become them ourselves.”
― Eoin Dempsey, The German Girl

“It seemed those who followed Hitler’s teachings, be they in Michigan or Munich, did so for life. To them, he was the greatest leader in the history of the”
― Eoin Dempsey, The German Girl

“Doubtless, there were thousands, or possibly even hundreds of thousands of Nazi sympathizers in the US. The people who’d joined the German American Bund and who’d packed out Madison Square Garden a few short years before hadn’t disappeared.”
― Eoin Dempsey, The German Girl

“It was obvious he’d been the leader of the gang before she arrived. She’d seen some men’s insecurities erupt like volcanoes when asked to take orders from a woman. This was nothing new to her.”
― Eoin Dempsey, The German Girl

“But that’s why our mission here is so vital. If the people lose faith in the government and the institutions of democracy, they will come over to our side.”
― Eoin Dempsey, The German Girl

“Loyal to whom?” she asked.  “To the Nazi ideals we believe in and to the white race that can steer the world back in the right direction,” Dasch answered. ”
― Eoin Dempsey, The German Girl

“had been in America since ’31 and had struggled to find my place. I found it in the German American Bund.”
― Eoin Dempsey, The German Girl

“She had heard of Camp Norland on Long Island. Over 10,000 people had attended the opening of the Nazi summer camp in 1937.”
― Eoin Dempsey, The German Girl

“At least she hadn’t been treated as the Japanese had over on the West Coast. Thousands had already been removed from their homes, and a special internment camp had been set up in California to house ten thousand Japanese Americans”
― Eoin Dempsey, The German Girl

“Gustav Horn was a man who needed a cause to fight for, and the Nazis had robbed him of that.”
― Eoin Dempsey, The German Girl

“The conditions are dreadful. Without a strong union to represent them, the workers are powerless in the face of the Nazis and their fat-cat owner friends.”
― Eoin Dempsey, The German Girl

“When her father, Gustav Horn, a trade union leader, was arrested, the Nazis dismissed it as a mistake that was quickly rectified when the Gestapo released him days later.”
― Eoin Dempsey, The German Girl

“was allowed”
― Eoin Dempsey, The German Girl

“but the real patriots are those who question the government and its motives, not those who blindly accept what the propagandists feed them every day. It’s strange, but the best thing I can do for my country is to fight against it.”
― Eoin Dempsey, The German Girl