1:16:03
If I may say so, more pertinent
to the legal basis of the case...
1:16:07
I have the opening address
of the French prosecutor...
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before the International Military Tribunal.
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"It is obvious that in the state organized
along modern lines...
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"responsibility is confined
to those who act directly for the state.
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"Since they alone are in a position to judge
the legitimacy of the given orders...
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"they alone can be prosecuted. "
1:16:26
I have another
from Prof. Jahrreiss' legal aspects...
1:16:31
Trial of the Major War Criminals.
1:16:33
On the basis of these, I don't see
where the prosecution has put forth...
1:16:37
a really clear-cut case against the defense
pertaining to the charges in the indictment.
1:16:42
Regardless of the acts committed...
1:16:43
we cannot make the interpretation
that these defendants...
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are really responsible
for crimes against humanity.
1:16:53
What do you think, Dan?
1:16:54
We've been going over these points all day.
If it isn't clear now...
1:17:00
Aren't you going to look
at these precedents?
1:17:03
Aren't you interested at all?
1:17:07
Yes, I'm interested, Curtiss.
1:17:10
You were speaking of crimes
against humanity...
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saying that the defendants
were not responsible for their acts.
1:17:15
I'd like you to explain that to me.
1:17:18
- I've just been explaining it.
- Maybe.
1:17:21
But all I've heard is a lot
of legalistic double-talk and rationalization.
1:17:27
You know, Curtiss,
when I first became a judge...
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I knew there were certain people in town
I wasn't supposed to touch.
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I knew that if I was to remain a judge,
this was so.
1:17:39
But how in God's name
do you expect me to look the other way...
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at the murder of six million people?
1:17:44
I'm sure he didn't mean that.
1:17:45
I'm not asking you
to look the other way at them.
1:17:47
I'm asking you, what good is it going to do
to pursue this policy?
1:17:54
Curtiss, you were saying that the men
are not responsible for their acts.
1:17:58
You're going to have to explain that to me.