A. Yes.
Q. Prosecution has no further questions at this time.
EXTRACT FROM THE TESTIMONY OF PROSECUTION WITNESS WALTER E. SCHMIDT[[117]]
CROSS-EXAMINATION
Dr. Servatius: What kind of directives were given at that time about the execution of the Euthanasia Program?
Witness Schmidt: Well, the same directives as were finally carried out—to move the invalids from lunatic asylum to the euthanasia institution. I personally received subsequently the orders from the Reich committee which had already been discussed during that meeting.
Q. Did you at that time consider that an order for murder?
A. In no way at all. The jurists in Berlin told us that this was a legal matter, that it was a Hitler decree or a law which had been duly approved; also that the jurists had discussed whether Hitler was authorized to issue such a decree and decided in the affirmative, and we were told that this was a matter which was a quite legal—
Q. Witness, a little slower.