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the document book, United States Exhibit D, and would call to the
Court's attention that this book contains translations of the
documents which we rely upon with respect to this portion of the
case. These documents consist of German writings, German speeches of
the defendants and other Nazi leaders, and are matters that we
suggest are clearly within the purview of judicial notice of the
Court. And in the brief which is offered for the assistance of the
Court in connection with this subject, the exact portions of the
documents which are desired to be brought to the attention of the
Tribunal are set forth either by quotation from the documents, or by
reference to the specific page number of the documents.
Meanwhile, during this entire pre-war period, the nation was
being prepared psychologically for war, and one of the most important
steps was the reshaping of the educational system so as to educate
the German youth to be amenable to their will. Hitler publicly
announced this purpose in November 1933, and I am quoting from
Document 2455-PS. He said:
"When an opponent declares, 'I
will not come over to your side, and you will not get me on your
side', I calmly say, 'Your child belongs to me already. A people
lives forever. What are you? You will pass on. Your descendants,
however, now stand in the new camps. In a short time they will know
nothing else but this new community'."
He further said in May 1937, and I refer to
Document Number 2454-PS:
"This new Reich will give its
youth to no one, but will itself take youth and give to youth its
education and its own upbringing."
The first steps taken in making the German
schools the tools of the Nazi educational system were two decrees in
May 1934, whereby the Reich Ministry of Education was established and
the control of education by local authorities was replaced by the
absolute authority of the Reich in all educational matters. These
decrees are set out in Documents 2078-PS, 2088-PS, 2392-PS.
Thereafter, the curricula and organization of the German schools and
universities were modified by a series of decrees in order to make
these schools effective instruments for the teaching of Nazi
doctrines.
The Civil Service Law of 1933, which was presented in evidence
yesterday, made it possible for the Nazi conspirators to re-examine
thoroughly all German teachers and to remove all "harmful and
unworthy elements", harmful and unworthy in the Nazi opinion.
Many teachers and professors, mostly Jews, were dismissed and were
replaced with State-spirited teachers. All teachers were required