I now come to the case of the defendant Dr. Fritz Fischer. The index to the plea on behalf of this defendant shows that my statements contain eight [ ... ]
the persons carrying it out. In view of the fact that, in principle, the law in force at the time is applicable, as the defendants lived under this [ ... ]
tion of an especially close relationship to his immediate military superior. Later I will return especially to the general questions of public law [ ... ]
an offense. The German administration of justice demands in addition a "definite knowledge" on the part of the acting subordinate; accordingly, cas [ ... ]
"was known" etc. to the subordinate is always to be especially examined according to the special circumstances of the moment. At the same time, of [ ... ]
Precisely the open carrying out of the individual experimental measures, with the exclusion of every duty of secrecy, as well as the report of the r [ ... ]
In judging these facts of the case we must not proceed without stating that the action of the Defendant Fritz FISCHER was not the essential reason f [ ... ]
and medical preparation of the directives for the experiments and the cosmetic after-treatment. Apart from this view-point, the special conditions [ ... ]
person giving the order has exceeded his competence or has made a mistake in form. If only because the process of going back to a still higher orde [ ... ]
The Fuehrer's orders were law already a considerable tiro before this second World War. In this state order of his, the German Reich was treated as [ ... ]