Note 52
From Joachim von Ribbentrop by Joachim C. Fest— See further Notes

Gilbert, Nuremberg Diary. Nevertheless Ribbentrop, insecure as he was, had tried at Nuremberg to invent substantial differences with Hitler and to present himself as a passionate fighter for peace, understanding, the saving of the Jews, etc.; see Ribbentrop, Memoirs. He assured Gilbert:

'God knows how I fought. It takes less courage to go into ten battles against ... against atomic bombs or what not, than to argue with the Fuhrer on the Jewish issue'.