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that saw me through the war.
:30:05
You have been somebody to look up to,
for all of us.
:30:12
Is that all, Herr Rolfe?
:30:18
Yes.
:30:19
Thank you.
:30:30
Dr. Wieck, do you know the defendant,
Ernst Janning?
:30:37
Yes, I know him.
:30:39
Will you tell us in what capacity?
:30:42
We served in the Ministry of Justice together
from 1929 till 1935.
:30:47
Did you know him before that?
:30:49
Yes.
:30:51
He was a law student of mine.
:30:53
- Did you know him well?
- Yes.
:30:55
- Was he a protégé of yours?
- Yes.
:30:56
Why?
:30:59
He was always a man of great intelligence.
:31:03
He was a man born with the qualities
of a great legal mind.
:31:11
Would you tell us
from your own experience...
:31:15
the position of the judge in Germany
prior to the advent of Adolf Hitler.
:31:21
The position of the judge
was one of complete independence.
:31:26
Now, would you describe
the contrast, if any...
:31:30
after the coming to power
of National Socialism in 1933?
:31:34
Judges became subject
to something outside of objective justice.
:31:40
They became subject to what was necessary
for the protection of the country.
:31:45
Would you explain this, please?
:31:47
The first consideration of the judge...
:31:49
became the punishment of acts
against the state...
:31:53
rather than objective consideration
of the case.
:31:56
And what other changes were there?
:31:59
The right to appeal was eliminated.