Judgment at Nuremberg Page #18

to your apartment.

You admitted you kissed him.

You admitted you sat on his lap.

What else do you admit to? What else?

Nothing.

There was nothing

like you're trying to make it sound.

- What else?

- There was nothing.

Stop it.

What else do you admit to?

Herr Rolfe!

Are we going to do this again?

Your Honor...

the stress the defendant has been under

is so great that he is not aware...

I am aware.

Your Honor, the defendant

wishes to make a statement.

I believe the defense has a right to request...

Order.

Does the defendant

wish to make a statement?

I wish to make a statement, yes.

I believe the defense has the right

to request a recess...

The defendant has the right

to make his statement now.

- I have to speak with my client.

- He has the right to make it now!

Tribunal is adjourned

until :
tomorrow morning.

What are you doing?

What do you think you're trying to do?

They've had Goering. Frank. Streicher.

That's over.

Do you think I have enjoyed

being defense counsel during this trial?

There were things I had to do

in that courtroom that made me cringe.

Why did I do them?

Because I want

to leave the German people something.

I want to leave them a shred of dignity.

I want to call a halt to these proceedings.

If we allow them

to discredit every German like you...

we lose the right to rule ourselves forever.

We have to look at the future.

We can't look back now.

Do you want the Americans

to stay here forever? Do you want that?

I could show you a picture

of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Thousands and thousands

of burned bodies.

Women and children.

Is that their superior morality?

Where do you think they take us?

Do you think they know?

Do you think they have any concept

of our problems?

What can I say to you?

What can I say to you to make you see?

There is nothing you can say.

Nothing.

Nothing has happened to alleviate the crisis.

The crisis reached a head this afternoon...

when all rail travel between

Western zones and Berlin was stopped.

The blockade by land is now complete.

What do you think

we're going to do, General?

Do you think we'll withdraw?

We can't withdraw.

If we withdraw under pressure,

our prestige all over the world is threatened.

The Communists will move in

on every front.

What about these trials, General?

How do you feel about them now?

We're committed to the trials.

But I think it would be realistic

to accelerate them as much as possible.

What would happen

if they fired on one of our planes?

I'm afraid we'll have to face that

when it happens.

There is no other answer

to that question at this time.

You fellows should try

some of the strudel. It's excellent here.

No, thanks.

Dan, I've just come back from Berlin,

as you know.

I don't think this is going to be it.

A lot of people do, but I don't.

But it is going to be a fight for survival...

for the next years, maybe the next .

Germany is the key to that survival.

Any high-school student in Geography

can tell you that.

Just what are you trying to say, Senator?

What I'm trying to say is this:

While nobody's trying

to influence your decision...

it's important that you realize this,

because it's a fact of life.

Let's face it, gentlemen.

The handwriting is on the wall.

We're going to need all the help we can get.

We're going to need the support

of the German people.

More strudel, gentlemen?

Herr Janning, you may proceed.

I wish to testify

about the Feldenstein case...

because it was the most significant trial

of the period.

It is important not only for the tribunal

to understand it...

but for the whole German people.

But in order to understand it...

one must understand the period

in which it happened.

There was a fever over the land.

A fever of disgrace, of indignity, of hunger.

We had a democracy, yes.

But it was torn by elements within.

Above all, there was fear:

Fear of today, fear of tomorrow...

fear of our neighbors...

and fear of ourselves.

Only when you understand that...

can you understand what Hitler meant to us.

Because he said to us:

"Lift your heads.

"Be proud to be German.

"There are devils among us:

"Communists, liberals, Jews, Gypsies.

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