Ulrich von Hassell

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled

Ulrich von Hassell

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Born	1881-11-12
Died	1944-09-08

German ambassador to Italy. Was involved in the July 20 plot to assassinate Hitler.

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Czech President Would Stand By Polish Invasion Of Nazi Germany 1933-04-22

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In a cable sent from von Hassell to von Neurath and von Hindenburg he stats that reliable sources close to Czech President Masaryk had stated that he would support Poland if they decided for a preemptive war against Germany.

There is, it must be confessed, a psychological difficulty about a single world government. The chief source of social cohesion in the past, I repeat, has been war: the passions that inspire a feeling of unity are hate and fear. These depend upon the existence of an enemy, actual or potential. It seems to follow that a world government could only be kept in being by force, not by the spontaneous loyalty that now inspires a nation at war.
-Bertrand Russell