Judgment at Nuremberg Page #12

the way Ernst Janning cut him down.

I don't think anybody ever did it

to him quite that way.

He said, "Chancellor...

"I do not object so much

that you are so ill-mannered.

"I do not object to that so much.

"I object that you are such a bourgeois."

Hitler whitened, stared at Janning,

and walked out.

- Is the coffee really all right?

- Fine, thank you.

Men like Janning...

my husband and I...

we hated Hitler. I want you to know that.

And he hated us.

He hated my husband

because he was a real war hero...

and the little corporal couldn't tolerate that.

And he hated him

because he married into nobility...

which was my family.

Hitler was in awe of the nobility,

but he hated it.

That's why it's so ironic, what happened.

You know what happened to my husband,

don't you?

Yes.

What did he know of the crimes

they cited him for?

He was placed on trial

with the other military leaders.

It was part of their revenge.

The victors always take on the vanquished.

It was political murder.

You can see that, can't you?

Mrs. Bertholt, I don't know what I see.

I probably shouldn't be here

talking with you about this at all.

But I want to understand.

I do want to understand.

I have to.

Would you like some more coffee?

Yes, thank you.

Hi.

We found Irene Hoffman.

- Where?

- Berlin.

Berlin, eh?

She got married. Her name is Wallner now.

That's why we had difficulty locating her.

- When is she coming?

- She's not coming.

What do you mean, she's not coming?

She doesn't want to come.

You know what it's like.

None of them want to testify anymore.

If I catch the midnight...

I could make it to Berlin,

and be back by tomorrow afternoon.

- Tad, you haven't had any sleep...

- It'll be worth it if I can get Hoffman.

Take over for me in court

in the morning, will you?

Colonel, please!

I told you before, when you first came in.

I say it again now.

We are through with all this.

She does not have to go,

you have no right to order her to go.

Mr. Wallner, I'm not ordering her to go.

I have no authority to order her to go.

Do you think we get a medal

for appearing at these trials?

The people do not like them.

They do not believe that Germans

should testify against other Germans.

I haven't been prosecuting these cases

for the past two years without knowing that.

It is easy for you to say go.

After the trial you will go back to America,

but we must stay and live with these people.

Don't you think I realize what I'm asking?

Then how can you come in like the Gestapo,

in the middle of the night...

Because they must not be allowed

to get away with what they did.

You really think they won't get away with it

in the end?

I say the hell with them,

and the hell with you.

Hugo.

Emil Hahn will be there?

Yes. In the dock.

Ernst Janning?

Yes.

You saw the store downstairs.

It's not much...

but it's a new start for us.

They will come if I go to Nuremberg.

They will come...

and break the windows of the store.

I'll place a guard in front of the store,

hours a day.

You do not have to go.

He has no right to ask you to go.

You do have to go.

You have to go, for all those people

who can't get up on the stand themselves.

- You do not owe it to anybody!

- Yes, you do!

You owe it to one person, at least.

In the night...

every night...

we've known somehow

it would come to this.

Dr. Geuter, do you recognize that headline?

Yes, sir.

Would you read it to the tribunal?

"Death to the race defiler."

In what newspaper did it appear?

In Julius Streicher's Der Sturmer.

What was it in connection with?

The Feldenstein case.

What was the Feldenstein case?

Your Honor...

defense objects

to the introduction of the Feldenstein case.

It is a notorious case,

perhaps the most notorious of the period.

It has overtones, and appeals to emotion...

that would perhaps be best not raised.

There are no issues or overtones

that may not be raised in this courtroom.

The tribunal is interested in everything

that is relevant.

Objection is overruled.

It's all right. I'll take it.

May it please the tribunal?

- You may continue.

- Thank you.

Now.

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