1:34:00
What position did he hold
in the community?
1:34:02
He was a very well-known merchant.
1:34:05
He was one of the heads
of the Jewish congregation in Nuremberg.
1:34:09
What was the nature of the charge
against him?
1:34:13
He was accused
of having intimate relations...
1:34:17
with a 16-year-old girl, Irene Hoffman.
1:34:22
I see.
1:34:24
And what did he say to you about the case?
1:34:28
He said it was false.
1:34:30
He said he knew the girl and her family
a long time.
1:34:33
He'd gone to visit her since they died.
1:34:35
But there had never been anything
of the kind charged between them.
1:34:41
Doctor, would you please tell the tribunal
what happened then?
1:34:47
He was indicted before
the special court at Nuremberg.
1:34:50
And where was this special court?
1:34:53
It was right here, this building.
1:34:56
This very courtroom.
1:35:00
What were the circumstances
surrounding the trial?
1:35:05
It was used as a show place
for National Socialism.
1:35:11
It was the time
of the September celebrations...
1:35:15
the Nuremberg rallies.
1:35:17
The courtroom was crowded.
1:35:20
Back there, people were standing up.
1:35:24
Julius Streicher was sitting
in one of the front seats.
1:35:28
And high officials of the Nazi Party
were all over.
1:35:34
Would you please tell us...
1:35:36
what were your expectations for the trial
in this climate?
1:35:40
I expected the worst...
1:35:43
when I saw...
1:35:45
that Emil Hahn was the public prosecutor.
1:35:49
He was a fanatic.
1:35:51
His trials were always marked
by extreme brutality.