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Moreover, evidence will be introduced showing that these cases by no
means can be termed as acts of spoliation. The part which Paul Haefliger played
in these transactions will be put into the proper light.
The above-said
applies to any other acts of alleged spoliation with which the prosecution try
to connect my client.
Turning now to count three of the indictment, the
defense submits that, bearing in mind his position as a commercial man, Paul
Haefliger never had to do anything with the employment of workers or any other
question connected therewith, and that he had no connection whatsoever with any
activities covered by this count of the indictment. Although the prosecution
have not introduced any evidence on these points, the defense of Haefliger will
offer proof bearing out this contention.
As Paul Haefliger is not
concerned by count four of the indictment, and the charge of conspiracy under
count five has been dealt with already, this, Your Honors, brings me to the
conclusion of my opening statement.
Your Honors, a gigantic canvas of
evidence on the activities of one of the biggest concerns in human history has
been unfolded before you by the prosecution in these past months. And in all of
us there was revived the recollection of the most cruel war within the memory
of men, which forms the lurid and tragic background of this trial.
This
Honorable Court represents the proud tradition of a great country, which always
stood for human liberty and dignity, and it is in the light of this tradition
— we humbly submit — that, if we are to pay tribute to the victims of
this most terrible of all wars, we cannot do better than to let ourselves be
guided, not by emotions, political generalizations, or hearsay, but by facts
only, which enable us to judge, beyond any reasonable doubt, the responsibility
of each defendant for what has happened.
And it is in this
dispassionate spirit, Your Honors, that I shall try to discharge my duty as
counsel of the defendant Paul Haefliger before this court. |
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| N. Opening Statement for Defendant Jaehne* |
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| DR. PRIBILLA (counsel for defendant Jaehne): Mr. President, Your
Honors: Like all great chemical factories, IG also had special technicians who,
in quiet, tireless labor, made use of the ingenious discoveries of the chemists
and doctors and who planned |
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* Tr. pages 4332-4836, 18
December 1947. The final statement of defendant Jaehne to the Tribunal appears
in section XII 9. volume VIII, this series
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