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When we showed the film "The Death Mills," which is, uh, a
documentary we found showing the, uh, some of the concentration
camps and showing some of the uh scenes from the ghetto in
Warsaw. Uh, we darkened the courtroom and had only lights shining
on the faces of the uh...22...uh...uh...defendants. And I had
opportunity to study the faces while that film was showing in all
its brutality. And uh, it was amazing how they fell apart.
[Hermann] Goering never looked at it, neither did [Rudolf] Hess.
[Hjalmar] Schacht, who maintained all through the trial that he
had nothing to do with the atrocities and so turned his back uh
to the screen and crossed his arms in front of him, to indicate
that he had, had been a uh absentee at the...during the Nazi
period. [Hans] Frank, the "Butcher of Poland," broke into tears.
So did [Fritz] Sauckel, who was the uh labor tsar under
under...The only person who looked at the screen with obvious
glee and pleasure was [Julius] Streicher who was the so-called
Gauleiter [Nazi regional leader] of...in...in Bavaria uh
Franconia, and who had uh been the editor and publisher of this
filthy rag the "Stuermer" [The Attacker], uh Stormtrooper you
might call it. He...uh...This was his show. He felt that he was
vindicated completely by that picture.
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