DIRECT EXAMINATION

Dr. Weisgerber: Witness, your name is Friedrich Hielscher?

Witness Hielscher: Friedrich Hielscher.

Q. You were born on 31 May 1902 in Plauen, and you are now living in Marburg, that is right?

A. Yes.

Q. What is your profession?

A. I am a scholar.

Q. And since when have you taken an active part in politics?

A. Since 1927.

Q. Did you belong to a definite political ideology?