1947-07-19, #17: Doctors' Trial (Hermann Becker-Freyseng's personal statement)

THE PRESIDENT: Defendant Becker-Freyseng.

DEFENDANT BECKER-FREYSENG: Mr. President, Gentlemen of the Tribunal: I also was given full opportunity to submit all the statements and the evidence required to refute the charges of the indictment. For that I have to thank the Tribunal and my defense counsel, Dr. Tipp. But I have nothing to add to it. For all the immaterial spiteful talk which grew outside and twisted around the objective atmosphere of these proceedings like a messy hedge, I believe that fortunately the verdict of this Tribunal must be and will be the appropriate answer. I look forward to it with the firm conviction that I have acted in my duty to mankind as a physician and scientist, and as a soldier to my fatherland, Germany.