Judgment at Nuremberg Page #14

He held him up to ridicule

whenever possible.

What was the reaction of the audience?

They laughed.

Again and again.

How long did the trial last?

Two days.

Was the verdict passed

at the end of the second day?

Yes.

What was the verdict?

Guilty.

And what was the sentence?

Mr. Feldenstein was sentenced...

to be executed.

I was sentenced to be imprisoned

for two years, for perjury.

Who was the presiding judge?

Ernst Janning.

Were the sentences carried out?

Thank you very much, Mrs. Wallner.

That's all.

Any questions?

Your Honor, I would like to request

that the witness...

be kept available.

We will present further evidence

on the Feldenstein matter...

when it comes time for the defense

to present its case.

The witness will please hold herself

so available.

You may go. You're excused now.

Col. Lawson?

Your Honors...

I offer in evidence a decree

signed by Adolf Hitler...

directing all persons accused...

or suspected of disloyalty

or resistance of any sort...

might be arrested secretly...

with no notice to friends or relatives,

without any trial whatsoever...

and put into concentration camps.

I also offer a group of orders

issued under that decree...

each one signed by one of the defendants...

by which hundreds of persons were arrested

and placed in concentration camps.

Signed by Friedrich Hoffstetter...

Werner Lammpe...

Emil Hahn...

Ernst Janning.

Your Honors...

the defendants on trial here today...

did not personally administer

the concentration camps.

They never had to beat victims...

or pull the lever that released gas

into the chambers.

But as the documents we've introduced

into this case have shown...

these defendants fashioned

and executed laws...

and rendered judgments...

which sent millions of victims to their...

destinations.

Maj. Radnitz?

Your Honors, I would like to request that

Col. Lawson be sworn in as a witness.

- Granted.

- Thank you.

Will you raise your right hand?

I swear by God,

the Almighty and Omniscient...

that I will speak the pure truth

and withhold and add nothing.

I do.

Were you active in the United States Army

in at the close of the war?

Yes, I was.

Were you in command of troops

liberating concentration camps?

I was.

Were you in Dachau and Belsen?

Yes.

Were you present when the films

we are about to see were taken?

Yes, I was.

Okay.

The map shows the number of

and location of concentration camps...

under the Third Reich.

The Buchenwald concentration camp

was founded...

in .

Its inmates numbered about .

There was a motto at Buchenwald:

"Break the body...

"break the spirit...

"break the heart."

The ovens at Buchenwald.

Evidence of last-minute efforts

to dispose of bodies.

The stoves were manufactured

by a well-known company...

which also specialized in baking ovens.

The name of the firm is clearly inscribed.

An exhibit of byproducts of Buchenwald...

displayed for the local townspeople

by an Allied officer.

Brushes of every description.

Shoes, adults and children.

Spectacles.

Gold from teeth melted down...

sent once a month

to the Medical Department of the...

Waffen-SS.

A lampshade made from human skin.

Skin being used for paintings...

many having an obscene nature.

The heads of two Polish laborers...

shrunken to one-fifth their normal size.

A human pelvis used as an ashtray.

Children who'd been tattooed to mark them

for eventual extermination.

Sometimes mercy was shown

to the children.

They were injected with morphia...

so they'd be unconscious when hanged.

One of the doctors described how they'd

then place ropes around their necks...

and in the doctor's own words:

"Like pictures...

"they were then hanged

by hooks on the walls."

The bodies of those

who had come in boxcars...

without food and without air...

who hadn't survived the journey to Dachau.

Hundreds of inmates were used

as human guinea pigs...

for atrocious medical experiments.

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