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| from superior offices, that they were not to
be listed as ‘saboteurs, plunderers, etc.’". The only authority for this statement is the defendant Sandberger whose handling of the truth was as careless as his review of the evidence in capital cases in Esthonia. The Tribunal now declares that the record is absolutely bare of credible evidence that those listed in the column headed "Jews" fell into any category than those who were shot merely because they were Jews. The whole documentation in the case is directly to the contrary. Dr. Durchholz claims of his client a liberal attitude towards the Jews, but he adds — |
"It goes without saying that he wanted to reduce again the tremendous influence of Jewry in his Fatherland to normal proportions." |
| It was just this spirit of reduction to what
the Nazis called "normal proportions" which brought about the excesses in
Germany leading to disfranchisement, appropriation of property, concentration
camp confinement, and worse. In his final plea, Dr. Durchholz devoted some 20 pages to Schulz' activities prior to his Russian venture. He says here that Schulz was a competent police officer, that he was considerate and polite and was regarded as an "exemplary, modest, plain person who looked after his officials like a father". That the defendant is a person of innate courtesy has been evidenced in the courtroom, but the issue in this case is whether he lived up to international law. In this regard the Tribunal is forced to the conclusion that Schulz did not respond to the obligations imposed upon him not only by the international law but the concept of law itself, of which, as a long police official, he could not be ignorant. In spite of this, however, it can be said in his behalf that, confronted with an intolerable situation, he did attempt to do something about it. The Tribunal finds from all the evidence in the case that the defendant is guilty under counts one and two of the indictment. The Tribunal also finds that the defendant was a member of the criminal organizations SS and Gestapo under the conditions defined by the judgment of the International Military Tribunal, and is, therefore, guilty under count three of the indictment. |
| FRANZ SIX |
| Franz Six studied at the Realschule, graduated from the classical high school at Mannheim in 1930 and then matriculated at the University of Heidelberg where he specialized in sociology and political science, receiving the degree of doctor of philosophy in |
