“Signed, The Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia, Freiherr von Neurath, Prague, 17 November 1939.”
You state here that you never signed this warning? Have I understood you rightly?
VON NEURATH: Yes, indeed. I have already explained yesterday or the day before how this came about, namely, in my absence.
MR. COUNSELLOR RAGINSKY: Well, you should not repeat what you have already stated.
I am going to read into the record a certain statement by Karl Hermann Frank of 26 November 1945, connected with the subject. It can be found on Pages 46 and 47 of the Russian text. The English text will be submitted. Karl Hermann Frank, giving evidence regarding this poster, the text of which I have just read into the record, stated:
“This document was dated 17 November 1939 and was signed by Von Neurath who did not object either to the shooting of the nine students...”
DR. VON LÜDINGHAUSEN: Mr. President, may I draw your attention to something connected with this document. The document is neither dated nor is it signed, at least not the copy I have. It does not make it at all clear from whom the document originates, and I should like to take this opportunity to protest against the reading of this document.
THE PRESIDENT: Dr. Von Lüdinghausen, is there not a certificate about the document?
DR. VON LÜDINGHAUSEN: Not in my copy.
THE PRESIDENT: Well...