| | Remarking on the Potsdam conference William Henry Chamberlain wrote, | | Remarking on the Potsdam conference William Henry Chamberlain wrote, |
| − | {{Cquote|Were the terms of the Potsdam agreement to be carried over any long term of years, they would lead to one of the greatest crimes or greatest follies in human history. Should they be rigorously enforced without giving Germany relief, a gigantic Buchanwald or Belsen would be created in the heart of Europe. Millions, perhaps tens of millions, of Germans would perish of malnutrition and associated diseases. It would literally be more human to select a quarter or a third of the German population and extinguish their lives quickly by means of firing squads or gas chamber." <ref>''The European Cockpit'', William Henry Chamberlain, Macmillan, 1947), p. 144.</ref>}} | + | {{Cquote|Were the terms of the Potsdam agreement to be carried over any long term of years, they would lead to one of the greatest crimes or greatest follies in human history. Should they be rigorously enforced without giving Germany relief, a gigantic Buchanwald or Belsen would be created in the heart of Europe. Millions, perhaps tens of millions, of Germans would perish of malnutrition and associated diseases. It would literally be more human to select a quarter or a third of the German population and extinguish their lives quickly by means of firing squads or gas chamber." <ref>''The European Cockpit'', William Henry Chamberlain, Macmillan (1947), p. 144.</ref>}} |