Bernhard R. Teicher

“there were now a certain number of people, very much a minority, the Nazis would later classify as Half-Jews. Ironically, Generalfeldmarschall Milch, in charge of the 1936 re-equipment of the German air force with new planes, and one of Hitler’s key officers, belonged to this group. He was an officer of such high caliber, that the Nazis conveniently overlooked his ‘unfortunate’ breeding background. How cynical can one get?”
― Bernhard R. Teicher, For All It Was Worth

“The most ridiculous thing about the myth of the ‘pure Arian Race’ was the fact, that apart from Baldur von Schirach, the Commander-in-Chief of the Hitlerjugend, there was hardly anybody in the top ranks of the Party who even remotely looked like the cherished Arian ideal. Hitler himself reminded me of a southern European shopkeeper, Goebbels looked like a ladies’ hairdresser and Himmler could have been a Levantine bazaar merchant. Only Goering looked like a Germanic warrior as a fighter pilot in WW1 before he turned into a fat middle aged playboy. Today he would have worn a heavy gold chain with his open shirt, driving a Ferrari coupé.”
― Bernhard R. Teicher, For All It Was Worth