Truly, I am living in a time of darkness.

Wirklich, ich lebe in finsteren Zeiten!

Bertolt Brecht

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Topic

Barbarism World War II

Author

Bertolt Brecht

Source

To Those Born Later

Medium

Poem

Language

German

Time

1939 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Playwright Poet Writer

From

Germany Europe

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Citation

Brecht, Bertolt. "An die Nachgeborenen [To Those Born Later]." Die Neue Weltbühne, June 1939.

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Another quote from the 1930s

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
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Citation

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

Another quote about World War II

This war did not bear the characteristics of the previous conflicts among the European nations to which we were accustomed. To an ever increasing degree it began to be generally realized that the reasons for this conflict were no longer to be sought in the usual interests even if plausible of the various nations, but that in reality it was one of those elementary struggles which shaking the foundations of the world but once in a thousand years, introduce a new millennium.

Adolf Hitler

Speech to the Reichstag, April 26, 1942

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Topic
World War II
Speaker
Adolf Hitler
Source
Speech to the Reichstag, April 26, 1942
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
German
Time
1942 1940s 20th century
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Citation

Hitler, Adolf. Speech to the Reichstag. 26 Apr. 1942, Kroll Opera House, Berlin, Germany.

Another quote from 1939

I'll get you, my pretty, and your little dog, too!

The Wicked Witch of the West

The Wizard of Oz

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Speaker
The Wicked Witch of the West
Actor
Margaret Hamilton
Source
The Wizard of Oz
Medium
Film
Genre
Fantasy (film) Musical (film) Fantasy Musical
Statement Type
Threat
Language
English
Time
1939 1930s 20th century
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Citation

The Wizard of Oz. Directed by Victor Fleming. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1939.

Another quote originally in German

"Where is God gone?" he called out. "I mean to tell you! We have killed him,—you and I! We are all his murderers!

Friedrich Nietzsche

The Gay Science

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Topic
Death of God Existence of God God Decline of religion

Author

Friedrich Nietzsche
Source
The Parable of the Madman The Gay Science
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
German
Time
1882 1880s 19th century
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Original Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. Die frohliche Wissenschaft [The Gay Science]. Chemnitz: Ernst Schmeitzner, 1882, bk. 3, no. 125.

Current Citation

Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Joyous Science, translated by R. Kevin Hill. Penguin Classics, 2019, bk. 3, no. 125.