Statement: Nuremberg defendant Joachim von Ribbentrop, Aug. 31, 1946, Day 216 (translated captions)

On Aug. 31, 1946, Von Ribbentrop sought to make a broad justification of Nazi foreign policy. Further,“I deplore the atrocious crimes which became known to me here and which besmirch this revolution“ of the Nazis. “The only thing of which I consider myself guitly before my people-not before this Tribunal- is that my aspirations in foreign policy remained without success“. For further information, see