Q. Now, did you have an insight into the attitude of Rothaug with his associates from the political point of view?
A. Do you mean the association on the Special Courts?
Q. Yes.
A. In order to do so it is necessary—
Q. Please, did you have an insight or not?
A. Yes.
Mr. King: May I ask if the witness wants to expand his answer or not. I think the witness should be permitted to if he so wishes. What is the ruling of the Court on that?
Presiding Judge Marshall: Yes, he may answer it further if his answer requires an explanation. Sometimes a question calls for a direct answer; sometimes that answer is not fair to the witness unless he explains why. In this instance he may answer.
Witness Elkar: Rothaug was operating on the principles from the National Socialistic point of view, that was correct; that a judge in a Special Court had to fulfill a certain minimum requirement from a political point of view; that it was not enough for Rothaug that Special Court judges were appointed who, from the technical point of view, met the requirements, but they must also have, politically, a certain maturity—shall we say, a certain political maturity.
Dr. Koessl: Are you finished?