Note 047

47 Quoted by Wulf, Heinrich Himmler. Masur answered Himmler's greeting:

'There is too much blood between us for that. But I thank you for authorizing me to come and I hope that our meeting will save the lives of many men.'

In fact Masur succeeded in freeing several thousand prisoners.

From Chapter 9, Heinrich Himmler , Part 2 of The Face Of The Third Reich by J.C. Fest
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