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To the prosecution at his trial in 1950. Quoted in "Gestapo: Instrument of Tyranny" - Page 118 - by Edward Crankshaw - History - 1956
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I was an idealist in my profession. If I used such expression as 'Jewish bastard' or 'Jewish sow,' it simply meant that this official language had become so much a part of my flesh and blood that I saw nothing unusual in it. I never used anything but spiritual weapons in dealing with offenders.

— Heinrich Baab

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I was an idealist in my profession. If I used such expression as 'Jewish bastard' or 'Jewish sow,' it simply meant that this official language had become so much a part of my flesh and blood that I saw nothing unusual in it. I never used anything but spiritual weapons in dealing with offenders." in the context of "To the prosecution at his trial in 1950. Quoted in "Gestapo: Instrument of Tyranny" - Page 118 - by Edward Crankshaw - History - 1956" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Heinrich Baab

About Heinrich Baab

Heinrich Baab (27 July 1908 - 23 May 2001) was a secretary and Gestapo chief of Frankfurt at the Lindenstraße station. After the war in Europe ended, he received a sentence of life imprisonment in March 1950 for his involvement in the Final Solution as the head of Division IIB2.