A. He submitted it to her in a way that she could only answer yes or no in a very easy way. That was the impression the public gained. My family was there partly.
Q. However, this woman had already told all that. How can you say that Rothaug put leading questions to that woman and told her what she was to say?
A. Because in her testimony she was rather uncertain.
Q. Why did she suddenly get uncertain in her answers if she had already told the Gestapo the very same things?
A. Between the questioning by the Gestapo in August and the questioning during the trial in December there was quite a period of time, and Frau Stubenvoll didn’t have a good memory of what she had stated at that time. This impression my defense counsel gained, also.
Q. In other words, the first statements of this woman were apparently under the impression of your sermons, weren’t they?
A. Well, only what she may have stated to the Gestapo. During the trial, from her own knowledge, she didn’t speak too much. She only answered.
Q. Did you ever see a witness who does anything else than answer questions?
A. Well, the first witness, Stubenvoll—he just spoke and he told and reported everything he knew against me though he didn’t get any questions to that effect at all.
Q. But this man probably, on the strength of the Code of Criminal Procedure was summoned to explain what he knew. Can you remember that?