The Nazi Seizure of Power Quotes

“When politics becomes a matter of vilification and innuendo, then eventually people feel repugnance for the whole process. It is the beginning of a yearning for a strong man who will rise above petty and partisan groups. The Nazis were to exploit this feeling fully, and though they contributed richly to the rise of partisan acrimony, they were also the first to pronounce "politician" with every possible tone of scorn and sarcasm.”
― William Sheridan Allen, The Nazi Seizure of Power: The Experience of a Single German Town 1922-1945

“Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity. W. B. Yeats, The Second Coming”
― William Sheridan Allen, The Nazi Seizure of Power: The Experience of a Single German Town, 1922-1945