Nuremberg: von Ribbentrop denied access to evidence

[Hannover]

After the Nuremberg Tribunal pronounced its sentence, German Foreign Minister von Ribbentrop pointed out some of the obstacles put up in his particular case:

The defense had no fair chance to defend German foreign policy. Our prepared application for the submission of evidence was not allowed ... Without good cause being shown, half of the 300 documents which the defense prepared were not admitted. Witnesses and affidavits were only admitted after the prosecution had been heard; most of them were rejected... Correspondence between Hitler and Chamberlain, reports by ambassadors and diplomatic minutes, etc., were rejected. Only the prosecution, not the defense, had access to German and foreign archives. The prosecution only searched for incriminating documents and their use was biased. It knowingly concealed exonerating documents and withheld them from the defense.

- W. Maser, Nuremberg (1979), p. 199.

Hannover

[Geordie]

Perhaps those who balk hypocritically in the presence of revisionists (most people) would do well to be directed to such documents as this. Of course, the education system brushes such things skilfully under the carpet while citing 'six million' like some kind of holy figure.