Top 9 Quotes by Henning von Tresckow

It is almost certain that we will fail. But how will future history judge the German people, if not even a handful of men had the courage to put an end to that criminal?

It is almost certain that we will fail. But how will future history judge the German people, if not even a handful of men had the courage to put an end to that criminal?

Henning von Tresckow

Men, People, Judging

"Field Marshal Von Manstein, a Portrait" by Marcel Stein, (p. 247), April 20, 2007.

A man's moral worth is established only at the point where he is ready to give up his life in defense of his convictions.

Henning von Tresckow

Giving Up, Men, Defense

"Plotting Hitler's Death" by Joachim Fest, (зp. 289-290), 1944.

We have to show the world that not all of us are like him. Otherwise, this will always be Hitler's Germany.

Henning von Tresckow

Germany, World, Shows

Remember this moment. If we don't convince the field marshal (Fedor von Bock) to fly to Hitler at once and have these orders (Commissar Order) canceled, the German people will be burdened with a guilt the world will not forget in a hundred years. This guilt will fall not only on Hitler, Himmler, Göring, and their comrades but on you and me, your wife and mine, your children and mine, that woman crossing the street, and those children over there playing ball.

Henning von Tresckow

Children, Fall, Order

"Plotting Hitler's Death" by Joachim Fest, (p. 175), 1994.

The idea of freedom can never be disassociated from real Prussia. The real Prussian spirit means a synthesis between restraint and freedom, between voluntary subordination and conscientious leadership, between pride in oneself and consideration for others, between rigor and compassion. Unless a balance is kept between these qualities, the Prussian spirit is in danger of degenerating into soulless routine and narrow-minded dogmatism.

Henning von Tresckow

Real, Mean, Pride

"Withstanding Hitler" by Michael Balfour, (p. 130), 1988.