“It is a characteristic detail that these murders—unprecedented
by their abomination—were committed on Christmas Day, when
Christmas trees were being distributed to the German soldiers;
and the inscription ‘God is with us’ sparkled on the belts of
the executioners.”
Herewith I end my quotation.
I think it possible to omit the following four pages of my speech
because they deal with similar cases of the murder of mental patients in
other parts of the country. Similar methods were used for these murders
as those used in Kiev. I will request the Tribunal to accept as evidence
the photostats of three German documents, certified by the Extraordinary
State Commission, which testify to the fact that special standard forms
of documents were worked out for the report on the murder of the insane
by the German fascists.
I submit these documents. The first document is submitted as Exhibit
Number USSR-397 (Document Number USSR-397.) The members of the Tribunal
may find it on Page 218 of the document book. I am quoting the text of
the document:
“To the Registrar’s office in the Town of Riga:”