“The almost universal attitude shown and explanation given by the war crimes defendants was that they were caught in Hitler’s web, unable to extricate themselves. They said they were obliged under coercion of orders — without any alternative but execution or suicide — to carry out their assignments. Only a few defendants, exhibiting courage and character, somehow managed to remove themselves from those infamous assignments. Nothing too serious happened to them, proving that escape was possible for those who really had the character and desire to put humanity and decency above personal security at any price. The seven sentenced to imprisonment in Spandau gaol were not among the courageous few.”