[ WP ] Hitler 's apology letter to the Jews .

To the World, 
 I know that whatever is said in this apology can not ever be enough. And, perhaps, by saying anything at all I am making even more grievous an error. I do not expect your forgiveness, nor would I accept it for the crimes I have committed. For I have sinned not just against you, but against the goodness of humanity. I have no excuse and no recompense. All I can give is all that I have left - my life. In these last moments of clarity I have finally allowed my heart and mind together to glimpse the horrors of my wrath. I realize now that I have no right to draw breath on this Earth. No one man, woman, or child that I have wronged could kill me and call their vengeance sufficient for all who suffered. Only by knowing their pain can I offer any semblance of righteousness to their feet. My hand has killed so many so it should be by my own hand that I die. Hate me and make me the example of evil - I do not deserve a legacy in time except as that of a monster. I go now to meet my eternal damnation, the judgement I so richly deserve, where I will serve out my penance in perpetuity in the base horrors of hell. 
 God can not know my name for the taste of it would stain his tongue. So too does it mar all of history and the hearts that have heard it. My shame, my guilt, my ignorance, my greed - all will be chains binding me in eternity. Goodbye world, I do not deserve to exist, even in memory. 
 
 -Adolf Hitler
