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| America'', which briefly says with regard to America what we also claim for ourselves in Germany. I quote: |
"The American people have grasped the fundamental fact that no country can be a nation without the spirit of unity, and that such a spirit cannot exist without a fundamental consistency in the way of thinking of its citizens. This in turn can only develop in case of essential racial homogeneousness." |
| DEFENDANT MAX SOLLMANN : Your Honors, about a
year ago I looked to the day when finally the indictment would be handed to me,
the indictment which in my case commenced with the words — The United
States of America vs. Max Sollmann. The impact of these introductory phrases I
never considered to be oppressive at any time. Rather, I was conscious at the
time that even in this unusual situation of being a German citizen indicted by
the United States, I was under the same protection as any American who would be
in the same position. I have been able to experience the significance of this
protection ever since this trial started. This conception culminates in the
word "fairness". I have felt no difference between the fairness of this
Tribunal and the fairness which I experienced as a free man living for five
years in the United States, where it was extended to me as a matter of course.
Before this Tribunal I have been able to get everything off my chest which I
had to say with regard to the inconceivable assertions of the prosecution,
assertions which will for all time remain incomprehensible to me. I await the judgment of this Tribunal with composure and calm. DEFENDANT GREGOR EBNER: Your Honors, when as a young man I decided to become a physician, I did not do that in order to gain prestige, nor in order to collect riches, but I did that prompted by an inner urge to help ill people needy of assistance. When I entered the Party and the SS, I did not do that in older to gain personal advantage. At that time I had everything which seemed desirable to me in life. I had a happy family life in my own home; I had the confidence of my patients. I did that because I recognized the bad situation which was prevailing in the country, and because I sympathized with the members of my nation who were suffering in the wave of inflation and unemployment; and when finally I went to Lebensborn, I did that prompted by my love to the medical profession and prompted by my compassion with mothers and children who, because of wrong moral conceptions, were not or could not be cared for by their own people and were covered with shame. All the motives which prompted me in my life in any actions, I have examined throughout my life. It |
