„We will take them with us, because they are too good, too lovely for the world which lies ahead… no, no I must also take the children, I must! …they will be given a strong sleeping draught. Afterwards, I mean when they are fast asleep, they will be given an injection of Evipan or something sufficient to…to…“
— Magda Goebbels
From a discussion with Ello Quandt, spring 1945
Meissner, Hans Otto, Magda Goebbels, First Lady of the Third Reich, pp.242-243