I believe we can stop here. He merely wanted to state why he did not emigrate. A. Thank you. I believe that you refer to a quotation from one of my notes which a representative of the American prosecution read here, in which I spoke of the silence of death. If I had sacrificed myself, it would not have been of the slightest use because the circumstances of my sacrifice would never have become known.
Martyrs can be effective only if their martyrdom becomes known to the public.
Yesterday I was denied a question concerning the social attitude of the diplomatic corps and its influence on men like Schacht, for instance. The question which I want to put now is not the same question otherwise I would not put it. That question was denied and that concludes the matter. Now, I should like first to clarify the matter, because I do not want to create the impression of smuggling into the proceedings a question which may raise the same objections. On the other hand, it is essential for my line of defence to show that people from abroad with judgement, who were above being suspected of wanting to prepare for an aggressive war, had the same altitude toward the regime as Schacht.