Yes, good evening, ladies and gentlemen.

I am very pleased that you have come to the lecture event here in hall 600.

We were actually overwhelmed, if not completely surprised, by the overall resonance of this event.

And that led to the fact that we could not meet numerous reservations and left many disappointed faces behind.

But I am glad that everyone who came here this evening and hoped to get a seat,

now that I have not been noticed, have all got a seat.

So, welcome everyone.

I am also very happy that close partners and supporters of the Memorium are present tonight.

And I would like to welcome Dr. Thomas Dickert, the president of the Nuremberg State Court,

without whom the work of the Memorium would not be possible on site.

And, if she comes, she is at least registered,

the deputy director of the International Academy of Nuremberg Principles, Dr. Viviane Dietrich,

with whom we are already connecting a long-term partnership on site.

Mr. Wiese, it is an exceptional honor for us all that you have found the way here to Nuremberg

in this historic court hall.

And I can't really tell you enough how happy I am that you came today

and that you are willing to talk about the Frankfurt Auschwitz process

and, of course, especially about your personal experience in this important process

in the history of the prosecution of NS crimes in the Federal Republic.

Please welcome us all here and it is very nice that you are here.

Also a warm welcome to you, Mr. Renz.

It is not so long ago, 2015, that you have been here in this hall

and already talked about the first Frankfurt Auschwitz process.

At that time, you were invited by the Upper Federal Court of Justice Nuremberg

to an exhibition opening.

And we are happy that it did not disappoint you to come here again

and that you are here again this evening.

Also a warm welcome to you.

Thank you very much.

Finally, I would like to thank everyone who contributed to the success of this event.

First of all, the team of the Memorial, which really put a lot of effort into it,

just like the House Administration of the Upper Federal Court of Justice Nuremberg.

Because today is actually still a day of negotiations here in this hall

and the House Administration has once again made it possible

that we could use this hall for the preparation for this event despite the originally planned negotiations.

My special thanks go to the research institute of National Criminal Law of the Friedrich-Alexander University in Erlangen,

namely to Professor Safferling,

who initiated this cooperation of this event and this cooperation between the Memorial

and the research institute of National Criminal Law.

We are very grateful to him for this.

And I am very happy that we have been working together for so many years

and that we are still doing this, obviously.

And I would like to thank you very much for this

and now I hand over the floor to you for the further introduction into the evening.

Thank you.

Yes, thank you very much, dear Henny.

I am also very happy about this cooperation and the possibility of such a –

now I am very surprised, I look up and the hall is really completely full,

Mr. Wiese, don't be surprised if you take my place later.

I am very happy that so many and especially many fellow citizens have found their way here today.