Walter Schellenberg

Quotes

• “In my case, though I had an idea of what was going on - I purposely didn't see it.”
• “For instance, against the tremendous resistance of Hitler and Kaltenbrunner, and at first Himmler too, I managed to save nine thousand Norwegians and Danes, whom I had released from concentration camps.”
• “Many of my personal enemies picture me as a cold type - a person who acts according to a certain line, a calculating type.”
• “In my opinion, a war between England and Germany was a war between brothers. In my inner self I admired the English government and political system.”
• “I could not tell Himmler everything because he was too false and two-faced.”

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Key facts

Born

Walter Friedrich Schellenberg , ( 1910-01-16 ) 16 January 1910, Saarbrücken , Germany

Died

31 March 1952 (1952-03-31) (aged 42), Turin , Italy

Allegiance

Nazi Germany

Branch

Schutzstaffel

Service years

1933–1945

Rank

SS- Brigadeführer und Generalmajor der Polizei

Unit

Sicherheitsdienst

Commands

Chief of Amt VI, Ausland-SD

Awards

Iron Cross First Class , War Merit Cross First and Second Class with Swords

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Wikidata facts

Image

Bundesarchiv Bild 101III-Alber-178-04A, Walter Schellenberg.jpg

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