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, Hitler Not A Tyrant ROSENBERG'S EYIDE?JCE; ; , 5
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Received Wednesday, 11.45 a.m. NUREMBERG, April 17. Continuing his evidence hefore the War Crimes Trihunal, Alfred' Rosenberg", who has been deseribed as the high priest of Nazi philos.- " ophy, said that much of w-hafc happen ed in Eastern-oceiipied- territories he had heard-ifl court for the first time. He claimed that he was concerned only with the civil administration, and held Hitler, Himmler, Goering and Saiickel responsible for the star-vation, '!• deportation and ma;-jsacre> ofumiilions of Russian civilians. Hitler had not allowed hlm to name or dismiss his own comm"issioners, while Goering had b'locked his. humnitarian ' plan8^ especially for the Ukraine, saying: "We have to think first of ; securing our food." Regarding the army's repfisals ' against civilians in France, Rosen- - Iberg said he considered the s.hooting of hostages was justified in-(Cer- ': I tain cases. Some of these had joccurred in the excitement after the outbreak of war with Ameriea. I Rosenberg presented documents to » prove his constant criticism of | police misbehaviour in the i East j when he had healfd ofvit. It leu tp a i ! curtailment of . his powers, as' a; result of which he tried to resign. -& Rosenberg ■.said-. that \yhen-- ••hef asked Himmler whether the foreign i press reports of eonditions at ; Dachau and other camps were truej Himmler replied: "Why not visit Dachau yourself. We have a swim- | ming pool and' first elass sanitary j installations there." Rosenoerg j added that he did not visit Dachau. ! Fervently reaffirmihg his faith in ! Hitler, Rosenberg concluded his de- - j fence by vdeclaring: "I wa« com- , j pieteiy ioyal Jo him from the j ! beginning." He and Hitler were j ! in full agreement that the ; i Fuhrer principle should not mean j 1 one-man-rule, but war-ume : j emergencics had forced dictatorship j ofi Hitler. "It was a war-time ! phenomenon. I never regarded : Hitler as a tyrant." \
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Chronicle (Levin), 17 April 1946, Page 5
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