3 Quotes by Hans Hellmut Kirst

Nobody rots with me.

General Tanz was as punctual as Radio Berlin, the State Railways, or death itself.

The soldier must say Yes when he thinks Yes. But when many say Yes and think No, when they feel forced to say Yes, though they think No, or when they say Yes for the sake of their careers, their own comfort or self-interest while their consciences tell them No, the point has been reached where true soldiering dies out altogether. And not only soldiering. This is death’s great triumph. For when conscience dies, mankind dies with it.