Adolf Hitler Quotes
I am insulted by the persistent asertion that I want war. Am I a fool? War! It would settle nothing.
Hitler, Adolf. The Speeches of Adolf Hitler, April 1922 – August 1939. Edited by Norman H. Baynes, vol. 2, Oxford University Press, 1942.
This was the week after he returned from his meeting with Hitler in Munich where he appeased the German Dictator. See {585941} for his famous naive statement.
Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming Chancellor in 1933 and then assuming the title of Führer und Reichskanzler in 1934. During his dictatorship from 1933 to 1945, he initiated World War II in Europe by invading Poland on 1 September 1939. He was closely involved in military operations throughout the war and was central to the perpetration of the Holocaust, the genocide of about 6 million Jews and millions of other victims.