Raul Hilberg: "Ketika rezim Nazi berkembang selama bertahun-tahun, sel...

"Ketika rezim Nazi berkembang selama bertahun-tahun, seluruh struktur pengambilan keputusan berubah. Awalnya ada hukum. Lalu ada dekrit penerapan hukum. Kemudian sebuah hukum dibuat mengatakan, 'Tidak akan ada hukum.' Kemudian ada perintah dan arahan yang ditulis, tetapi masih diterbitkan dalam lembaran menteri. Lalu ada pemerintah dengan pengumuman; pesanan muncul di surat kabar. Lalu ada perintah diam, perintah yang tidak diterbitkan, yang ada di dalam birokrasi, yang lisan. Dan akhirnya, tidak ada pesanan sama sekali. Semua orang tahu apa yang harus dia lakukan."

--- Raul Hilberg

Versi Bahasa Inggris

As the Nazi regime developed over the years, the whole structure of decision-making was changed. At first there were laws. Then there were decrees implementing laws. Then a law was made saying, ‘There shall be no laws.’ Then there were orders and directives that were written down, but still published in ministerial gazettes. Then there was government by announcement; orders appeared in newspapers. Then there were the quiet orders, the orders that were not published, that were within the bureaucracy, that were oral. And finally, there were no orders at all. Everybody knew what he had to do.