It was also my idea that the advisory committees of the Academy should replace the legal committees of the German Reichstag, which was gradually fading into the background in the Reich.
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My first endeavor was to save the core of the German system of justice: the independent judiciary.
In 1930 I became a member of the Reichstag.
As soon as I heard there were people in Germany who wanted to restore the old part of Dresden, I wanted to help. Even before the Nobel, I had started this group, the Friends of Dresden. The destruction of Dresden made a big impression on me when I was a child, and I wanted to do this.
The Nuremberg trials of Nazi leaders, in open court before an international tribunal, had a profound long-term effect in bringing Germans back to democracy and humanity.
I dealt with legal questions in the interest of Adolf Hitler and the NSDAP and its members during the difficult years of struggle for the victory of the Movement.
The Nazi period could have happened only in Germany because the German education of obedience to any law and order was the main problem.
Ninety percent of the members of the Academy of German Law were not members of the Party.
My connection with the Reich Ministers was of a purely official nature and was very infrequent.
I was a student in Germany when Hitler came to power.
During the past few years I have led a sometimes hard battle for German foreign policy.
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