Statement of Nuremberg defendant Arthur Seyss-Inquart, Aug. 31, 1946, Day 216 (translated captions)

The Defendant Seyss-Inquart's final statement was distinctive in a number of respects. He showed no contrition and did not ask for any special considerations. He considered the was "as a life-and-death-struggle for the German people." On Hitler, "to me he remains the man who made Greater Germany a fact in German history. I served this man. And now? I cannot say crucify him since yesterday I cried "Hosanna'."
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