#is

I could not have the honour of being a German soldier because of my imprisonment in the First World War. And in this world war the Fuehrer refuses to allow me to serve as a soldier. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#because #being #could #first #first world

I had repeatedly made written requests to the Fuehrer that I might be allowed to join the Wehrmacht as an ordinary soldier. He refused to give me this permission. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#fuehrer #give #give me #had #i

I was member of the Diet as long as it existed, until May 1933. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#existed #i #long #may #member

In my Gau, as far as I know, only Communists who had actually worked against the State were arrested. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#against #arrested #as far as #communists #far

It so happened that I was on a German sailing vessel on the way to Australia when the ship was captured, and on the high seas I was made prisoner by the French. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#captured #french #german #happened #high

My connection with the Reich Ministers was of a purely official nature and was very infrequent. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#infrequent #ministers #nature #official #purely

The citizen parties, by an absolute majority, elected a National Socialist Government. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#citizen #elected #government #majority #national

The Diet was dissolved by a Reich Government decree. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#diet #dissolved #government #reich

The dissolution of the trade unions was in the air then. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#dissolution #then #trade #trade unions #unions

Through the Young Men's Christian Association and principally in Australia and North America, as well as in South America, I came into contact with families of these countries. ↗

— Fritz Sauckel

#association #australia #came #christian #contact