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| XI. CLOSING STATEMENTS |
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| A. Introduction |
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The first four closing statements for the defense and the closing
statement for the prosecution are reproduced below (subsecs. B-F). In the
Farben case the closing statements of the defense, which required 6 trial days
for their delivery, preceded the closing statement of the prosecution, which
required 1 trial day for delivery the prosecution's closing statement, there
were 12 rebuttal statements by counsel for the defendants which required
one-half day for delivery.
In addition to separate closing statements
on behalf of each of the defendants, there were two closing statements on
behalf of all the defendants, both of which are reproduced herein. The first
closing statement of the defense was on behalf of all defendants and it dealt
with fundamental questions of law (subsec. B). The next closing statements were
on behalf of the first two defendants named in the indictment, Krauch and
Schmitz (subsec. C and D, respectively). The next closing was again on behalf
of all defendants and it dealt with the evidence of crimes against peace
(counts one and five) as it related to the individual responsibility of the
defendants (subsec. E). The closing statement of the prosecution (subsec. F)
refers a number of times to the two closing statements on behalf of all the
defendants.
A number of the closing statements on behalf of individual
defendants not reproduced herein actually dealt in great part with general
defenses, such as arguments on the law with respect to spoliation and slave
labor. Some of the general defense arguments in these closings are similar to
those advanced in the closing statements in the Flick case, reproduced in
volume VI, this series, section IX. The closing statements in the Farben case
which are not reproduced herein may be found in the following pages of the
mimeographed transcript for defendant Schnitzler, pages 14716-14779; for
defendant Gajewski, pages 14779-14804; for defendant Hoerlein, pages
14805-14833; for defendant von Knieriem, pages 11834-14858; for defendant ter
Meer, pages 14859-14905; for defendant Schneider, pages 11906-14950; for
defendant Ambros, pages 14951-11981; for defendant Buergin, pages 14982-15012;
for defendant Buetefisch, pages 15012-15055; for defendant Haefliger, pages
15056-15066; for defendant Ilgner, pages 15067-15109; for defendant Jaehne,
pages 15110-15139; for defendant Kuehne, pages 15139-15168; for defendant
Lautenschlaeger, pages 15168-15202; for defendant Mann, pages 15203-15236; for
defendant Oster, pages 15237-15256; for defendant Wurster, pages 15257-15273;
for defendant Duerrfeld, pages 15273-15319; for defendant Gattineau, pages
15319-15363; for defendant von der Heyde, pages 15365-15383; |
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