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War crimes trial. Closing statements and sentencing of Hanns Albin Rauter in the Hague, Netherlands.

Trial of Nazi German war criminal Hanns Albin Rauter in the Hague, Netherlands, after end of World War 2. Closing statements. One among the attorneys, K.T.M. van Rijckevoorsel, LLM, stands up and reads out some documents. Judges in tribunal listen to the statements. Accused Hanns Albin Rauter stands up and makes a speech, saying that he concluded he was not a war criminal having studied his conscience. The court is then adjourned with the announcement that sentence will be passed in a few weeks and the policemen escort Rauter out of the building and take him to a waiting police van.