Henning von Tresckow Quotes
Hitler is a dancing dervish. He must be shot down.
Fest, Joachim. Plotting Hitler's Death: The Story of the German Resistance. Translated by Bruce Little, Henry Holt and Company, 1996, p. 176.
The Armenian-Turkish enmity was vicious to the point that each people tried to kill and exterminate the other—men women and children. The atrocities committed by the Armenians were unfortunately greatly exceeded by the Turks in what is now often referred to as the “Armenian Genocide”—see {51838}, {631062} and {61904}. Armenians were in the minority yet each side slaughtered members of the other whenever they could. The Ottoman Turks were much better at it. The hatred still prevails – see {588211}. And Turks and Armenians both still accuse the other of atrocities during the period and appear in denial about their own violence.
This is the origin of the term “democide” which while not yet in common use has an importantly different meaning from genocide. The former Soviet Union killed millions for the purpose of gaining and maintaining power although they were not intending to wipe our a people or a culture—just opponents. Nazi Germany was guilty of both genocide and democide.
Bashir Assad responded to some peaceful protests triggered by the Arab Spring throughout the Middle East by allowing his security forces to shoot unarmed demonstrating civilians and shelling with artillery to and apartment buildings of neighborhoods where there were large numbers of demonstrators. So many thousands of civilians were liked that the protestors, who initially only wanted more freedom, also demanded Assad’s resignation and his trial for war crimes by the World Court. Baker did not think that Assad could hold power very much longer.
Henning Hermann Karl Robert von Tresckow was an officer in the German Army who helped organize German resistance against Adolf Hitler. He attempted to assassinate Hitler on 13 March 1943 and drafted the Valkyrie plan for a coup against the German government. He was described by the Gestapo as the "prime mover" and the "evil spirit" behind the plot of 20 July 1944 to assassinate Hitler. He committed suicide at Królowy Most on the Eastern Front upon the plot's failure.
