Bittrich as written by Christopher Hibbert (very famous historian)
Tall, stiff, handsome and highly intelligent, Bittrich was one of the most respected Waffen SS Generals in the German Army. unlike most of them he had a cultivated taste, a kindly manner, and a pleasant sense of humour. Although by then an ambitious officer, he had once wnated to be a musician and had studied at one of Germany's leading academies of music where he had shown great talent as a conductor. He was a Nazi, but he despised the Party sycophants and in particular Goering with whom he had served in the Luftwaffe. His courage was legendary. In June 1953, after eight years of prison, he was tried for war crimes by a French court at Marseilles and was acquitted. Arnhem; 1962, page 45-46
Furthermore you are Polish, your country suffered under the Germans, that's why you have the main part of the hate feelings, I'm Dutch, my country suffered to but I wasn't there then, and am forgiving.
My sources:
Christopher Hibbert (as said)
Saul David
C. Bauer
loads of more running to
Cornelius Ryan
Charles Mackenzie
John Frost
and some overviews of the Second World War
also a part of Heinz Hohne's The Order of the Death's Head, a book about the SS and it's terror (since my main interest is in Dutch history I didn't read everything, mainly because it was in German too)
Hohne writes that Bittrich wanted to get rid off Hitler and was in atleast 1 plot against him, but adviced that before an overthrow it would be better if Hitler was out of the way first, since that never happened he couldn't push through.
Also I read another book, but I simply forgot the name
I think this shows that not all SS is bad
Bookmarks