A. Yes.
Q. Insofar as the political maturity of the associate judges goes, did Gross and Ferber fulfill that and Hoffmann—were all of those taken from the Special Court by Rothaug removed from the Special Court, or am I correct?
A. It was so, the basic attitude of Rothaug toward the requirements of judges in the Special Courts was that he emphasized occasionally, again and again, that these requirements were, of course, not fulfilled in all the points of the requirements, because in his opinion the political orientation did not exist to the extent he desired it. He said, however, that under his leadership, weaker judges would, shall we say, fall in line.
Q. Did the associate judges of Rothaug suffer politically in any way, such as through the SD, because they had different legal opinions and different conceptions of law, because they had voted differently in the discussions?
A. By the SD? Do you mean to say by that that steps were taken from the higher authorities?
Q. Did Rothaug report about the unfavorable comments about his associate judges in order to have them reprimanded?
A. That was not the case, for Rothaug stated again and again that under his leadership the judges followed the corresponding course.
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Q. Can you remember whether it was Rothaug who made efforts to have the severity of wartime legislation explained to the people—whether these efforts of his were successful?
A. You mean to say that the hints upon the enlightening form of these sessions brought it about also that the population would understand it better now?