Fritz Sauckel

When she became very ill with heart trouble, I saw that it would be impossible for my parents to provide for my studies, and I obtained their permission to go to sea to make a career for myself there. ”

I was never informed in advance about the start of the war or about foreign political developments. ”

As I, as a worker, came to know them, the aims of German trade unions were political, and there were a number of various trade unions with varied political views. ”

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. ”

As a cabin boy on a Norwegian sailing ship I earned five kronen a week in addition to my keep. ”

Although as a sailor I despised politics - for I loved my sailor's life and still love it today - conditions forced me to take up a definite attitude towards political problems. ”

As regards personal relationships I cannot say that I had any particularly personal intercourse with anyone. ”

At that time we were very definitely told that under no circumstances should there be any secret chapters or any other secrecy in the life of the Party, but that everything should be done publicly. ”

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

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. ”