Quotes by Fritz Todt

About Fritz Todt:

Fritz Todt was a German engineer and senior Nazi figure, the founder of Organisation Todt. He died in a plane crash during World War II.
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These roads do not serve transportation alone, they also bind our Fatherland.

Fritz Todt

The ever increasing spiritual damage caused by life within the big city will make this hunger practically uncontrollable when we build here on this the landscape of our homeland we must be clear that we will protect its beauty.

Fritz Todt

In places where this beauty has already disappeared, we will reconstruct it.

Fritz Todt

The car is not a rabbit or a deer that jumps around in sweeping lines, but it is a man-made work of technology in need of an appropriate roadway.

Fritz Todt

The car resembles a dragon fly or any other jumping animal that moves shorter distances in straight lines and then changes its direction at different points.

Fritz Todt

Factories are the workplaces of our National Socialist racial comrades.

Fritz Todt

We do not build speedways, but roads which correspond to the character of the German landscape.

Fritz Todt

For decades engineers have stood accused that their buildings do not have any cultural value. We have attempted to liberate engineering of this accusation.

Fritz Todt

In these highways our engineering will reflect the National Socialist movement.

Fritz Todt

Only one country and one system is unable to recognize our accomplishments: Russia. They make the lying claim that our road construction program is only on paper.

Fritz Todt

The external appearance of any construction projects that are created during the time of the National Socialist Reich must take on the sensibility of our time.

Fritz Todt

Author Bio

  • NameFritz Todt
  • DescriptionGerman engineer and senior Nazi figure
  • BornSeptember 4, 1891
  • DiedFebruary 8, 1942
  • CountryGermany
  • ProfessionEngineer; Politician; Civil Engineer; Architect
  • AwardsGerman Order; Werner Von Siemens Ring