Here, Hardy notes that Fritzsche showed remarkable knowledge of the press directives from the Nazi government, including knowledge of the planned invasion of Poland four months before it occurred, and worked closely with Otto Dietrich.[9] According to Hardy, this was evidence that he was actually guilty of the crimes he was accused of.[10] He was one of only three defendants to be acquitted at Nuremberg (along with Hjalmar Schacht and Franz von Papen).[11]