I herewith commission you to carry out all preparations with regard to... A total solution of the Jewish question in those territories of Europe which are under German influence.

Ich beauftrage Sie weiter, mir in Bälde einen Gesamtentwurf über die organisatorischen, sachlichen und materiellen Vorausmaßnahmen zur Durchführung der angestrebten Endlösung der Judenfrage vorzulegen.

Hermann Goering

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Topic

The Holocaust World War II

Speaker

Hermann Goering

Statement Type

Orders and commands

Language

German

Time

1941 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Nazi leader Politician

From

Germany Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Goering, Hermann. Directive to Reinhard Heydrich. 31 July 1941.

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Winston Churchill
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1940 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Churchill, Winston. "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat." House of Commons meeting. 13 May 1940, The Palace of Westminster, London, England, UK. Address.

Current Citation

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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Authentication Score 3
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Another quote from 1941

For when the One Great Scorer
Comes to mark against your name,
He writes-not that you won or lost-
But how you played the game.

Grantland Rice

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Topic
Fair play Legacy Death

Author

Grantland Rice
Source
Alumnus Football
Medium
Poem
Language
English
Time
1941 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 0
Citation

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Once we have power, we shall never again give it up, unless we are carried out as corpses from our offices.

Paul Joseph Goebbels

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Topic
Nazi Germany

Author

Paul Joseph Goebbels
Medium
Personal journal
Language
German
Time
1932 1930s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Goebbels, Joseph. Diary entry. 6 Aug. 1932.

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Abandon all hope, ye who enter here.

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Inferno

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Hell Hopelessness and despair Hope

Author

Dante Alighieri
Source
Inferno The Divine Comedy
Medium
Poem
Genre
Narrative poem Epic poem Religious literature
Statement Type
Orders and commands
Language
Italian
Time
1321 1320s 14th century
Era
Middle Ages
Authentication Score 2
Original Citation

Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno [Hell]." La Comedia di Dante Alleghieri [The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri]. Foligno: Johann Numeister and Evangelista Angelini da Trevi, 1472.

Current Citation

Alighieri, Dante. "Inferno." The Divine Comedy, edited by David H. Higgins, translated by C. H. Sisson. Oxford University Press, 2008.