AW: Bestand die Wehrmacht aus Verbrechern?
Vor allem wenn man dann auch noch die vermeintlichen Tatbestaende konstruiert. Dem Justice Jackson war uebrigens klar, dass man gegen Deutschland und damit auch die Reichsregierung, die Deutschland vertritt eigentlich nichts trifftiges auf der Hand hatte:Zitat von herberger
Wohlgemerkt, Die Anklaegerstaaten haben schon wegen viel kleinerer Anlaesse Kriege vom Zaun gebrochen. Die Stuetze war da teilweise NUR das Ius ad Bellum.MR. JUSTICE JACKSON. I really think that this trial, if it should get into an argument over the political and economic causes of this war, could do infinite harm, both in Europe, which I don't know well, and in America, which I know fairly well. If we should have a prolonged controversy over whether Germany invaded Norway a few jumps ahead of a British invasion of Norway, or whether France in declaring war was the real aggressor, this trial can do infinite harm for those countries with the people of the United States. And the same is true of our Russian relationships. The Germans will certainly accuse all three of our European Allies of adopting policies which forced them to war. The reason I Say that is that captured documents which we have always made that claim-that Germany would be forced into war. They admit they were planning war, but the captured documents of the Foreign Office that I have examined all come down to the claim, "We have no way out; we must fight; we are encircled; we are being strangled to death." Now, if the question comes up, what is a judge to do about it I would say that, before one is judged guilty of being an aggressor, we must not only let him deny it, but say we will hear his case. I am quite sure a British or American judge would say to a defendant, "You may prove your claim", unless we had something like this which says, "No political, military, or other considerations excuse going to war". In other words, states have got to settle their grievances peacefully. I am afraid there is great risk in omitting this, and I see no risk in putting it in. It may be criticized, but I see no such risk in putting it in as in leaving it out. We did not think it necessary originally, but more recently we have.
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Und wenn es bei diesem Schauprozess wirklich um Rechtspflege gegangen waere, dann haette man die Klaeger und Richter stellenden Staaten USA, UdSSR, England und Frankreich auch anklagen muessen. Das hat man dann aber tunlichst gelassen und sich auf den gerade niedergemachten beschraenkt.
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