Together with Professor Gebhardt, I reported about these experiments to the German public. Like many other Germans, there are many things which, in retrospect, I see more clearly today and in another light than in the past years. In my young life I have tried to be a faithful son of my people, and that brought me into this present miserable position. I only wanted what was good. In my life I have never followed egotistical aims, and I was never motivated by base instincts. For that reason, I feel free of any guilt inside me. I have acted as a soldier, and as a soldier I am ready to bear the consequences. However, that I was born a German, that is something about which I do not want to complain. ----- [33] Tr. pp. 11311-11314. [34] Tr. pp. 11315-11316. [35] Tr. pp. 11316-11317. [36] Tr. p. 11318. [37] Tr. pp. 11318-11319. [38] Tr. pp. 11319-11324. [39] Tr. pp. 11325-11328. [40] Tr. pp. 11328-11329. [41] Tr. pp. 11330-11335. [42] Tr. pp. 11335-11338. [43] Tr. pp. 11338-11342. [44] Tr. pp. 11342-11347. [45] Tr. pp. 11347-11348. [46] Tr. pp. 11348-11351. [47] Tr. p. 11351. [48] Tr. p. 11352. [49] Tr. p. 11352. [50] Tr. p. 11352. [51] Tr. p. 11352. [52] Tr. pp. 11352-11355. [53] Tr. pp. 11355-11356. [54] Tr. p. 11356. [55] Tr. pp. 11356-11358. XII. JUDGMENT Military Tribunal I was established on 25 October 1946 under General Orders No. 68 issued by command of the United States Military Government for Germany. It was the first of several military tribunals constituted in the United States Zone of Occupation pursuant to Military Government Ordinance No. 7, for the trial of offenses recognized as crimes by Law No. 10 of the Control Council for Germany. By the terms of the order which established the Tribunal and designated the undersigned as members thereof, Military Tribunal I was ordered to convene at Nuernberg, Germany, to hear such cases as might be filed by the Chief of Counsel for War Crimes or his duly designated representative. On 25 October 1946 the Chief of Counsel for War Crimes lodged an indictment against the defendants named in the caption above in the Office of the Secretary General of Military Tribunal at the Palace of Justice, Nuernberg, Germany. A copy of the indictment in the German language was served on each defendant on 5 November 1946. Military Tribunal I arraigned the defendants on 21 November 1946, each defendant entering a plea of “not guilty” to all the charges preferred against him.