... we can go further. When one looks at his actual record in service of the third Reich, it is noticeable that he advocates and implements consistently more moderate policies, in a wide range of areas, than his co-defendants at Nuremburg. Upon further examination of documents of the period and recent literature, you could conclude that Neurath was not justly convicted at all. Against this, we still have the overriding fact that Neurath was an active participant in a aggressive, expansionist, racist and genocide regime that which embarked on a conquest of Europe that killed, injured, persecuted and dislocated millions of people. Guilt by association becomes very apparent. Similarly, it can be argued that whatever mitigating evidence has emerged in favour Neurath, he was still guilty and received the appropriate sentence. I will demonstrate the merits and demerits of both arguments and attempt to reach some form of conclusion as to ...

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