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The main thing I tried to stress was how badly I was treated in the American camp at Freising, but the American prosecutor and the judges ruled that my comments on my poor treatment there had to be expunged from the record because it was irrelevant. I don't think it is irrelevant when we National Socialists are accused of war crimes and of murdering 5 million Jews and millions of other innocent people such as partisans, hostages, war prisoners. Therefore, I should have been allowed to insert into the record of this trial how badly I was treated personally as a prisoner of war, after the war was over, mind you, in Freising.

Julius Streicher#10

HistoryEthicsLawWar crimes

About this quote

What does it mean?
The speaker complains that his claims of mistreatment as a POW were excluded from trial records, arguing relevance to war‑crime accusations.
In plain terms
They argue that personal suffering should be part of the trial record.
What can you take from it?
Seek to contextualize personal hardship amid accusations.

Where it applies

  • court testimony
  • defense strategy

Putting it to work

  • highlight personal suffering
  • question procedural fairness

Questions to consider

  • Does personal victimhood mitigate responsibility?
  • How should courts balance relevance?

Another view

Irrelevance of personal mistreatment to crimes committed.

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