Quotes
From Papon's 36-minute final speech to the French war crimes jury:
- "I say, be careful that France does not get hurt by this verdict outside our borders."
- "It would be a humiliation for our nation to be linked with Nazi Germany in its responsibility for Jewish genocide."
- "France should not be accused of this horror just because it took place on her soil."
- "Sometimes I ask myself, why me?"
- "What should one have done?"
- " cast aside the law to obey higher orders."
- "This is what is called a political trial."
- "Staying in one's post sometimes takes more courage than resigning."
- "I am either guilty or innocent! It's all or nothing."
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