Q. Did the prosecution consider both defendants as meriting the death sentence?
A. The prosecution from the very beginning considered that the death sentence should be asked for both defendants, and accordingly, it informed the Reich Ministry of Justice before the indictment was filed. The Reich Ministry of Justice concurred with the view of the prosecution and approved it.
Dr. Schubert: I am now passing on to the next case of violent criminals.
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EXTRACTS FROM THE TESTIMONY OF DEFENDANT ALTSTOETTER[440]
DIRECT EXAMINATION
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Dr. Orth (counsel for defendant Altstoetter): Do you remember Prosecution Exhibit 204, Document NG-151?[441] That document is concerned with the events which lead up to the 13th decree concerning the Reich Citizenship Law.[442]
Defendant Altstoetter: Yes.
Q. In article II of the draft, it was provided that when a Jew died his property was forfeited to the Reich and that for non-Jewish heirs and persons who were entitled to alimony, a hardship clause should be added, is that correct?