[Joe Brower]

I'm unsure if this anecdote is apocrypha or not, but I have read that a German officer, upon attempting to enter the Warsaw ghettos and seeing his men go down, was heard to exclaim, "My God! They have guns!"

[NY.SS-Bar9]

OK, I'll save everyone else the trouble.

Main Entry: apoc·ry·pha
Pronunciation: &-'pä-kr&-f&
Function: noun plural but singular or plural in construction
Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Late Latin, neuter plural of apocryphus secret, not canonical, from Greek apokryphos obscure, from apokryptein to hide away, from apo- + kryptein to hide -- more at CRYPT
1 : writings or statements of dubious authenticity
2 capitalized a : books included in the Septuagint and Vulgate but excluded from the Jewish and Protestant canons of the Old Testament -- see BIBLE table b : early Christian writings not included in the New Testament

[from occupied ga]

"My God! They have guns!""

I heard that as a rumor too, but likewise have no attribution for it.