DR. FRITZ: Was it only once, Herr Fritzsche, that you learned of the falsehood of such foreign broadcasts?
FRITZSCHE: No, that took place quite frequently.
DR. FRITZ: Please be very brief, Herr Fritzsche.
FRITZSCHE: One of my co-workers gathered the necessary material for an article entitled, “In 8 Weeks of War 107 Lies.” I should like to say only one thing about this. The compilation of such false reports given out by our enemy gave me a sense of moral superiority over that type of reporting, and this feeling was the basis of my later work, which could not be explained without this feeling.
DR. FRITZ: Did it not strike you that such false reports occurred only in the beginning of the war?
FRITZSCHE: No, that thought never occurred to me. The reports were so numerous in the beginning and I could also notice them in later years. Some affected me personally.
DR. FRITZ: How far did they affect you personally? Can you sketch it in a few brief words?
FRITZSCHE: Just one of many statements: An enemy front propaganda bulletin accused me of the fact that 600,000 Swedish kroner...
THE PRESIDENT: What is he going to now? What is the purpose of this?
DR. FRITZ: He wants to give an example of how a false statement applied to him personally. He wanted to state that briefly.