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The Supreme Court of the Reich
was replaced by...
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People's and Special Courts.
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The concept of race
was made a legal concept for the first time.
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And what was the result of this?
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The result?
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The result was
to hand over the administration of justice...
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into the hands of the dictatorship.
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Now, Dr. Wieck...
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Col. Lawson, I would like
to ask a few questions.
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Did the judiciary protest these laws
abridging their independence?
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A few of them did.
:32:39
Those who did resigned,
or were forced to resign.
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Others adapted themselves
to the new situation.
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Do you think the judiciary was aware
of the consequences to come?
:32:55
At first, perhaps not.
:32:59
Later it became clear to anyone
who had eyes and ears.
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Thank you.
:33:06
Now, would you please describe for us
the changes in criminal law?
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It was characterized by...
:33:13
an ever-increasing inflation
of the death penalty.
:33:17
Sentences were passed
against defendants...
:33:20
just because they were Poles, or Jews,
or politically undesirable.
:33:26
Novel National Socialist measures
were introduced.
:33:30
Among them...
:33:31
sexual sterilization for those
who were categorized as asocial.
:33:36
Did it become necessary for judges...
:33:38
to wear any distinctive mark
on their robes in 1935?
:33:43
The so-called Fuehrer's Decree...
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required judges to wear the insignia
of the swastika on their robes.
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- Did you wear such an insignia?
- No.
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I would have been ashamed to wear it.
:33:55
Did you resign in 1935?
:33:58
Yes, sir.
:33:59
Did Ernst Janning wear a swastika
on his robe?