"You have delivered up our holy German fatherland to one of the greatest demagogues of all time. I solemnly prophesy that this accursed man will cast our Reich into the abyss and bring our nation to inconceivable misery. Future generations will damn you in your grave for what you have done"
- Erich von Ludendorff to Paul von Hindenburg on Adolf Hitler being named Chancellor of Germany on January 30 1933