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You are aware of the charges
in the indictment against Ernst Janning?
:39:20
Yes, I am.
:39:23
Can you honestly say
he is responsible for them?
:39:29
Yes, I can.
:39:32
Do you consider yourself
free of responsibility?
:39:38
Yes, I do.
:39:44
Did you ever swear
to the Civil Servant Loyalty Oath of 1934?
:39:48
Your Honor, I object.
:39:50
The witness doesn't have to answer
that question.
:39:52
He's not on trial.
:39:55
All Germany is on trial, Your Honor.
:39:57
This tribunal placed it on trial
when it placed Ernst Janning on trial.
:40:00
If responsibility is to be found,
the widest latitude is to be permitted.
:40:05
Objection overruled.
:40:08
Did you ever swear
to the Civil Servant Loyalty Oath of 1934?
:40:14
Everyone did.
:40:15
We are not interested in what everyone did.
:40:18
We are interested in what you did.
:40:20
Would you read the oath
from the Reich Law Gazette, March, 1933?
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"I swear that I shall be obedient...
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"to the leader of the German Reich
and people, Adolf Hitler.
:40:30
"That I shall be loyal to him,
that I will observe the laws...
:40:33
"and that I will conscientiously
fulfill my duties...
:40:36
"so help me God. "
:40:38
Everyone swore to it.
:40:41
It was mandatory.
:40:45
Yes.
:40:47
But you're such a perceptive man, Dr. Wieck.
:40:51
You could see what was coming.
:40:53
You could see that National Socialism
was leading Germany to disaster.
:40:58
"It was clear to anyone
who had eyes and ears. "