Q. Would you like to see that exhibit?
A. I cannot remember the name unless you would show me the document. The name doesn’t matter. It is the facts of the case that matter here.
Q. I think you will find this report referred to in document book 5-B, beginning on page 73 of the German text.
Presiding Judge Brand: Dr. Lautz, will you finish what you were saying when counsel interrupted you?
Defendant Lautz: Yes. I will. After the occupation of Poland that shameful case, to use a mild expression, came to the knowledge of the German authorities; and we were now concerned with the question as to what could be done; and the application of article 91 of the German Criminal (Penal) Code was interpreted so that in this case treason had been committed against a German. Treason had been committed against a man of German blood, treason which could be prosecuted.
Q. It was treason against one of German blood who was not then a German citizen.
A. He was not a German citizen, but he was of German blood.
Q. The date of that again? When that happened, when it came before this department?
A. Your Honor, may I just have a look at the report? May I have a look at the report to make sure of the date?
Q. Yes.