#german

If the British Fleet were lost or captured, the Atlantic might be dominated by Germany, a power hostile to our way of life, controlling in that event most of the ships and shipbuilding facilities of Europe. ↗

— Wendell Willkie

#british #captured #controlling #dominated #europe

The particular feature of Berlin - well, all you need to do is look at the map: the geographical position of the city right in the heart of Europe, and the separation of the most powerful two blocs we've ever had in history, which went all the way through Germany. ↗

— Markus Wolf

#blocs #city #europe #ever #feature

But as my brother was doing his research for a book about my father, it became his opinion that the most influential anti-semitism my father encountered when he was growing up was from Jews, because his relatives were German Jews, and doctors. ↗

— Tobias Wolff

#anti-semitism #became #because #book #brother

For us, genocide was the gas chamber - what happened in Germany. We were not able to realize that with the machete you can create a genocide. ↗

— Boutros Boutros-Ghali

#chamber #create #gas #genocide #germany

During the past few years I have led a sometimes hard battle for German foreign policy. ↗

— Gustav Stresemann

#during #few #foreign #foreign policy #german

Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training. ↗

— Fay Godwin

#artist #became #berlin #born #british

I studied German at school. I lived in Berlin for two years and had a German girlfriend for five years, so I don't find speaking German particularly difficult. Singing was slightly more difficult. ↗

— Martin Gore

#difficult #find #five #german #girlfriend

Germany is probably the richest country in Western Europe. Yet they wouldn't take any television with Duke and Ella, their reaction being that people weren't interested in it. ↗

— Norman Granz

#being #country #duke #ella #europe

I had an uncle who was a postal official at the Polish post office in Gdansk. He was one of the defenders of the Polish postal service and, after it capitulated, was shot by the Germans under the provisions of martial law. Suddenly he was no longer a member of the family, and we were no longer allowed to play with his children. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#allowed #children #defenders #family #germans

What I do is sometimes - at least in Germany - met with wounding campaigns. I always face the question: should I grow myself a thick skin and ignore it, or should I let myself be wounded? I've decided to be wounded, since, if I grew a thick skin, there are other things I wouldn't feel any more. ↗

— Gunter Grass

#any #campaigns #decided #face #feel