Text: English     International Military Tribunal "Blue Series," Vol. 4, p. 505
		7 Jan. 46 COL. WHEELER: Yes, Your Honor. It is the third full paragraph on Page 2. It starts in the middle of the paragraph with the last word on the seventh line of the third paragraph. THE PRESIDENT: It is very difficult for us to find it if you don't tell us it begins in the middle of the paragraph. COL. WHEELER: The last word of that line is "measures". It's the seventh line of the paragraph beginning "Yet, despite this keen desire," Sir. THE PRESIDENT: Yes, I see. COL. WHEELER: " ... but often — and this is much more grave — to the very fundamental principles of Divine Law both natural and positive." The next paragraph specifies these measures. I quote: "Let it suffice to recall in this connection, among other things, the changing of the Catholic state elementary schools into undenominational schools; the permanent or temporary closing of many minor seminaries, of not a few major seminaries, and of some theological faculties; the suppression of almost all the private schools and of numerous Catholic boarding schools and colleges; the repudiation, decided upon unilaterally, of financial obligations which the State, municipalities, and so forth, had towards the Church; the increasing difficulties put in the way of the activity of the religious orders and congregations in the spiritual, cultural, and social field, and above all the suppression of abbeys, monasteries, convents, and religious houses in such great numbers that one is led to infer a deliberate intention of rendering impossible the very existence of the orders and congregations in Germany." The Nazis did not overlook other sects or denominations in their efforts to suppress Christian religion in Germany. They persecuted the "Bibelforscher" or Bible students ... THE PRESIDENT: Perhaps, if you are going on to another church, it would be better to break off until tomorrow morning. [The Tribunal adjourned until 8 January 1946 at 1000 hours.] 505
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