"Die Angeklagten haben im Kriege in Flugblättern zur Sabotage der Rüstung und zum Sturz der nationalsozialistischen Lebensform unseres Volkes aufgerufen, defaitistische Gedanken propagiert und den Führer aufs gemeinste beschimpft und dadurch den Feind des Reiches begünstigt und unsere Wehrkraft zersetzt. Sie werden deshalb mit dem T o d e bestraft. [...] Wenn solches Handeln anders als mit dem Tode bestraft würde, wäre der Anfang einer Entwicklungskette gebildet, deren Ende einst – 1918 – war. Deshalb gab es für den Volksgerichtshof zum Schutze des kämpfenden Volkes und Reiches nur eine gerechte Strafe: die Todesstrafe."
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