SAUCKEL: The Führer wrote about living space in his book. How far I
agreed or disagreed with him cannot, in my opinion, be dealt with in
this Trial, for I had no influence as to how the Führer himself should
interpret the word Lebensraum.
THE PRESIDENT: The Tribunal think that you must answer the question,
whether or not you approve of the doctrine of Lebensraum.
SAUCKEL: I am not fully acquainted with the statements made by the
Führer about the doctrine of Lebensraum. I should like to emphasize that
I never thought of Lebensraum in connection with the carrying out of
wars, or wars of aggression; neither did I promote the idea; but the
idea of Lebensraum is perhaps best brought home to us by the fact that
the population of Europe in the last 100 years has increased threefold,
from 150 million to 450 million.
M. HERZOG: Did you, or did you not approve of the theory of Lebensraum?
Answer “yes” or “no.”
SAUCKEL: I did not agree with the theory of Lebensraum if it had to do
with wars of aggression.