:37:00
"We have seen more than once
that the public welfare...
:37:03
"may call upon the best citizens
for their lives.
:37:05
"It would be strange indeed,
if it could not call upon those...
:37:09
"who already sapped the strength
of the state for these lesser sacrifices...
:37:13
"in order to prevent our being swamped
by incompetence.
:37:16
"It is better for all the world...
:37:18
"if, instead of waiting to execute
degenerate offsprings for crime...
:37:21
"or to let them starve for their imbecility,
society can prevent their propagation...
:37:25
"by medical means in the first place.
:37:31
"Three generations of imbeciles
are enough. "
:37:37
Do you recognize it now, Dr. Wieck?
:37:40
No, sir, I don't.
:37:42
Actually, there is no particular reason
you should...
:37:46
since the opinion upholds
the sterilization law...
:37:48
in the State of Virginia,
of the United States...
:37:52
and was written and delivered
by that great American jurist...
:37:55
Supreme Court Justice,
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
:38:09
Now, Dr. Wieck.
:38:13
In view of what you have just learned...
:38:15
can you still say that sexual sterilization
was a novel National Socialist measure?
:38:20
Yes, I can say it.
:38:23
Because it was never before used
as a weapon against political opponents.
:38:29
Do you personally know of a case...
:38:31
where someone was sterilized
for political reasons?
:38:34
I know that such things were done.
:38:36
That's not the question.
Please answer the question.
:38:40
Do you know of a case?
:38:42
I don't know of any specific case,
or specific date...
:38:45
I am asking you if you have any firsthand,
personal knowledge of such a case!
:38:50
No, I have no such personal knowledge.
:38:53
Thank you.